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Advow, or Avow, or Avouch

Advow, or Avow, or Avouch [under the feudal system, when the right of a tenant was impugned, he had to call upon his lord to come

escheat results from tenure only, and arises from an obstruction in the course of descent; it originates in feudalism, and respects the intestate's succession. So, while forfeiture affects the rents and profits only, escheat operates on the

Tenure

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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Magna Carta

substantially upon the Saxon Common Law, which flourished in this kingdom until the Normaninvasion consolidated the system of feudality, still the great characteristic of the principles of real property. The barons assembled at St.Edmund's Bury, in Suffolk,

Seigniorage

a percentage on bullion brought to a mint for coining; and (ii) something claimed by a monarch or feudal lord as a prerogative, Divisional Forest Officer v. Tata Finlay Ltd., AIR 2001 SC 2672. [See Kerala Grants

Regalia

Regalia, means the rights held by the Crown under feudal law, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1286. Regalia, the royal rights of a sovereign, which the civilians

Freehold

phrase 'tenure in free socage,' and the only free lay-mode of holding property. It is derived from the feudal system, but the services connected with it were honourable and mild. The annihilation of the feudal severities has

Benefice

ecclesiastical living and promotion, a rectory or vicarage: all church preferments except bishoprics; also a fief in the feudal system. See s. 13(1) of the (English) Benefices Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. C. 48). The (English)

Feudality

The state or quality of being feudal feudal form or constitution

fealty

Fidelity to ones lord the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord the special oath

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