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Fief

Fief, a fee; a manor, a possession held by some tenant

Fief d'haubert, the Norman phrase for knight-service.

Arriere Fee, or Fief, a fee dependent on a superior fee. These fees originated

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enfeoff [Anglo-French enfeoffer, from Old French en-, causative prefix + fief fief] : to invest (a person) with a freehold estate

fee [Middle English, fief, from Old French fé fief, ultimately from a Germanic word

feoff [Anglo-French feoffer, from fie fief fief] : enfeoff

A fief held of a superior feudatory a fief held by an

not only to these but to whatsoever was not a fief or feud or, at a later date, in the nature

also homme levant et couchant, and in Normandy, resseant du fief, Leg. H. I. A person who has a residence in

ready when called upon. See 13 Edw. 1, c. 6; FIEF D'HAUBERT

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