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Definition of feud

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Feud (n.) A stipendiary estate in land, held of superior, by service; the right which a vassal or tenant had to the lands or other immovable thing of his lord, to use the same and take the profists thereof hereditarily, rendering to his superior such duties and services as belong to military tenure, etc., the property of the soil always remaining in the lord or superior; a fief; a fee..

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Subingression :: Subinfeudation (n.) Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.

Feod :: Feod (n.) A feud. See 2d Feud.

Lord :: Lord (n.) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor..

Feudalize :: Feudalize (v. t.) To reduce toa feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism.

Subinfeudation :: Subinfeudation (n.) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure..

Unfeudalize :: Unfeudalize (v. t.) To free from feudal customs or character; to make not feudal.

Rerefief :: Rerefief (n.) A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant.

Feudalist :: Feudalist (n.) An upholder of feudalism.

Feudally :: Feudally (adv.) In a feudal manner.

Feoffment :: Feoffment (n.) The grant of a feud or fee.

Feodality :: Feodality (n.) Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.

Fief :: Fief (n.) An estate held of a superior on condition of military service; a fee; a feud. See under Benefice, n., 2..

Feudalized :: Feudalized (imp. & p. p.) of Feudaliz.

Master :: Master (n.) A male person having another living being so far subject to his will, that he can, in the main, control his or its actions; -- formerly used with much more extensive application than now. (a) The employer of a servant. (b) The owner of a slave. (c) The person to whom an apprentice is articled. (d) A sovereign, prince, or feudal noble; a chief, or one exercising similar authority. (e) The head of a household. (f) The male head of a school or college. (g) A male teacher. (h) The direct

Feudatory :: Feudatory (n.) A tenant or vassal who held his lands of a superior on condition of feudal service; the tenant of a feud or fief.

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..

Vidame :: Vidame (n.) One of a class of temporal officers who originally represented the bishops, but later erected their offices into fiefs, and became feudal nobles..

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..

Vendetta :: Vendetta (n.) A blood feud; private revenge for the murder of a kinsman.

Coshering :: Coshering (n.) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.