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Vassal :: Vassal (n.) The grantee of a fief, feud, or fee; one who holds land of superior, and who vows fidelity and homage to him; a feudatory; a feudal tenant..

Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate..

Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Political servitude; dependence; subjection; slavery; as, the Greeks were held in vassalage by the Turks..

Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) A territory held in vassalage.

Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) The state of being a vassal, or feudatory..

Vassal :: Vassal (v. t.) To treat as a vassal; to subject to control; to enslave.

Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Vassals, collectively; vassalry..

Felony :: Felony (n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.

Envassal :: Envassal (v. t.) To make a vassal of.

Liege :: Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject..

Enfeoff :: Enfeoff (v. t.) To give in vassalage; to make subservient.

Homager :: Homager (n.) One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal..

Fine :: Fine (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal..

Weregild :: Weregild (n.) The price of a man's head; a compensation paid of a man killed, partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin. It was paid by the murderer..

Aid :: Aid (v. t.) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions.

Drench :: Drench (n.) A military vassal mentioned in Domesday Book.

Vavasor :: Vavasor (n.) The vassal or tenant of a baron; one who held under a baron, and who also had tenants under him; one in dignity next to a baron; a title of dignity next to a baron..

Fealty :: Fealty (n.) Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation..

Vassalage :: Vassalage (n.) Valorous service, such as that performed by a vassal; valor; prowess; courage..

Beneficiary :: Beneficiary (n.) A feudatory or vassal; hence, one who holds a benefice and uses its proceeds..

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