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Feu, or few, a free and gratuitous right to lands, made to one for service to be performed by him, according to the proper nature thereof. Feu, in Scotland, means vassal tenure, in contradistinction to ward-holding or military tenure, being that holding where the vassal, in place of military service, makes a return in money which is called the feu-duty or feu-annual. In Scotland it is believed that building land is generally granted on feu, not on lease, so that the landlord granting land for building has not, as in England, a reversion, but grants the land in perpetuity in consideration of a perpetual annual payment. As to the redemption and extinction of incidents to feus in Scotland, see the (English) Feudal Casualties (Scotland) Act, 1914 (4 & 5 Geo. 5, c. 48)....
Tinsel of the feu
Tinsel of the feu, the loss of an estate held in feu in Scotland, from allowing two years' feu-duty to remain unpaid, Bell's Scots Law Dict....
Few
Not many small limited or confined in number indicating a small portion of units or individuals constituting a whole often by ellipsis of a noun a few people...
Fewness
The state of being few smallness of number paucity...
Feu
A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him a tenure where the vassal in place of military services makes a return in grain or in money...
Feuar
One who holds a feu...
Pot au feu
A dish of broth meat and vegetables prepared by boiling in a pot a dish esp common among the French...
Curfeu, curfew
Curfeu, curfew [fr. Couvrir, to cover, and feu, Fr., fire], a bell which rang at eight O'clock in the evening, in the time of William the Conquer or, where upon everyone was obliged by law to cover over his fire and put out his light. The law was abolished by Henry I. In 1100. It was called, in the Law Latin in the Middle Ages, ignitegium or pyritegium....
Fee
Fee [fr. feoh, Sax.; fee, Dan., cattle; feudum, Med. Lat.; feu, Scot.], property peculiar; reward or recom-pense for services. See FEES. Also an estate of inheritance divided into there species: (1) fee-simple absolute; (2) qualified or conditional or base fee, including (3) fee-tail, formerly fee-conditional. By the (English) Law of Properties Act, 1925, s. 1, a fee-simple absolute in possession and a term of years absolute are the only estates in land capable of being conveyed or created at law. All other estates in land take effect as equitable interests [ibid., s. 1 (4)]. See FEE-SIMPLE.A charge for labour or services esp. professional services; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 629.A 'fee' is generally defined to be a charge for a special service rendered to individuals by some governmental agency. The distinction between a tax and a fee lies primarily in the fact that a tax is levied as a part of a common burden, while a fee is a payment for a special benefit or privilege, Com...
Socage, or Soccage
Socage, or Soccage. Common socage is the ordinary tenure (q.v.) in this country; the exceptions were, until abolished by the (English) Law of Property Act, 1922, Borough-English, Gavelkind, etc. (q.v.). Socage is the same as service of the soc; and soc is the same thing as a plough. Co. Litt. 86. In Scotland, a type of agricultural holding of which the services were transferred into Feu or Blench Farm (annual) or Grassum (capital) payments....
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