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Alodial, or Allodial, or Allodium

patrimonial estate. See Wedgw.], a holding of lands in absolute possession without acknowledging any superior lord, contradistinguished from Feudal lands, which are held of superiors.-There are not any alodial lands in England, according to Coke, Co. Litt.

Appanage, or Apanage

or Apanage [fr. panis, Lat., bread, whence panar, apanar, Prov., to nourish], (1) the provision of lands of feudal superiorities assigned by the Kings of France for the maintenance of their younger sons. (2) The allowance assigned

Assises de Jerusalem

Assises de Jerusalem, a monument of feudal jurisprudence, compiled by Gottfried of Godfrey of Bouillon, for the government of the Holy City after its conquest

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Clarendon, constitutions of, assize of

no prelate was to quit the realm without the king's permission; that prelates were to be subject to feudal burdens; that the king was to hold all vacant benefices and receive their revenues till the vacancies were

Conquest

Conquest [fr. Conquerir, Fr., to acquire; conquiro, Lat., to seek for], the feudal term for purchase. As to the use and meaning of the term in Scots Law, see Diggens v.

Contingent remainder

creation of a contingent remainder, said Mr. Joshua Williams, might be reduced to two:-- 1. The seisin, or feudal possession, must never be without an owner, i.e., every contingent remainder of an estate of freehold must have

Corvee

Corvee [Fr.], a feudal service, as to repair roads, etc.

Dominium directum

Dominium directum, in the Feudal Law, the interest vested in the superior; the superiority. See Bell's Dict

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on such lands, declaring that thereby he takes possession, which notorious act of ownership is equivalent to a feudal investiture by the lord; or he may enter on any part of it in the same county, declaring

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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