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Orwige-sine wita

Orwige-sine wita, without war or feud, such security being provided by the laws, for homicides under certain circumstances, against the f'hth, or deadly feud,

Feodal

Feodal, of or belonging to the feod or feud.

a term of years absolute (see LAND). The idea of tenure or holding is said to derive from feudalism, which separated the dominium directum (the dominion of the soil), which it placed mediately, or immediately, in the

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Tenor est qui legem dat feudo

Tenor est qui legem dat feudo. Craig Jus. Feud., 3rd Edn. 66.-(It is the tenor of the feudal grant which regulates its effect and

Hynden

it signifies the person from among whom the consacramentals were to be chosen in the case of deadly feud. From Ath. V. iii. It appears that the members of the 'first-guilds' (congildones) were formed into associations of

Gardia

Gardia, custody, Lib. Feud

Feoffment

Feoffment [fr. feoffare, to give a feud,] the transfer of freehold land, in ancient times, by word of mouth and livery of seisin, i.e., by

Feodum, or feudum novum

Feodum, or feudum novum, a feud acquired by a vassal himself.

Feodum, or feudum antiquum

Feodum, or feudum antiquum, a feud which devolved upon a vassal from his intestate ancestor.

Fealty

same thing, homage being the acknowledgment of tenure, and fealty, the vassal oath of fidelity, being the essential feudal bond, and the animating principle of a feud, without which it could not subsist. Fealty comprehends the following

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