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In mortua manu
held by a religious society was described this way because the church could hold property perpetually with-out rendering feudal service, Black's Law Dictio-nary, 7th Edn., p. 791.
Knight-service
Knight-service, formerly the most universal and most honourable species of tenure, being entirely military; a feudal tenure. Abolished by 12 Car 2, c. 24. See TENURE.
Knighthood
Knighthood, the character or dignity of a knight. The union of chivalry with the feudal system, and the decay of both, gave rise to knight-service and the compulsion of landowners to become knights
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Liber feudorum
Liber feudorum, a code of the feudal law, compiled by direction of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and published at Milan, AD 1170.
Lord and vassal
Lord and vassal. In the feudal system the grantor of land, who retained the dominion or ultimate property, is called the lord, and the
Liege
Liege [fr. lige, Fr.; ligio, Ital.], bound by some feudal tenure; a subject.
Livery
Act, 1845 (8 & 9 Vict. c.106), s. 2. 'Livery of seisin simply means the delivery of the feudal possession'; Williams on Seisin, p. 99. Also, release from wardship; also the writ by which possession was obtained;
Superior
Superior, the grantor of a feudal right to be held of himself. See Bell's Scots Law Dict.
Mortmain
a dead or unserviceable hand, were prohibited under pain of forfeiture to the lord, the fruits of whose feudal seigniory (the great hinge of government in those days) were thus impaired. But either with or without the
Munera
Munera, portions of lands distributed to tenants and revocable at the lord's will, under our early feudal system.
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