- feudal tenures
- The tenures of real estate under the feudal system, such as knight-service, socage, villeinage, etc
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
feudal tenures
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feudal tenures — The tenures of real estate under the feudal system, such as knight service, socage, villeinage, etc … Black's law dictionary
feudal — feu dal (f[=u] dal), a. [F. f[ e]odal, or LL. feudalis.] 1. Of or pertaining to feuds, fiefs, or fees; as, feudal rights or services; feudal tenures. [1913 Webster] 2. Consisting of, or founded upon, feuds or fiefs; embracing tenures by military… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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feudal land tenure — System by which land was held by tenants from lords. In England and France, the king was lord paramount and master of the realm. He granted land to his lords, who granted land to their vassals and so on down to the occupying tenant. Tenures were… … Universalium
feudal law — The body of jurisprudence relating to feuds; the real property law of the feudal system; the law anciently regulating the property relations of lord and vassal, and the creation, incidents, and transmission of feudal estates. The body of laws and … Black's law dictionary
feudal law — The body of jurisprudence relating to feuds; the real property law of the feudal system; the law anciently regulating the property relations of lord and vassal, and the creation, incidents, and transmission of feudal estates. The body of laws and … Black's law dictionary
Quia Emptores — (medieval Latin for because the buyers , the incipit of the document) was a statute passed by Edward I of England in 1290 that prevented tenants from alienating their lands to others by subinfeudation. Quia Emptores, along with its companion… … Wikipedia
History of English land law — Material here has been extracted from the 1911 Britannica encyclopedia. The history of English land law derives from a mixture of Roman, Norman and modern legislative sources.OutlineSuch terms as fee or homage carry us back into feudal times.… … Wikipedia
land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… … Universalium
