Fr. In Norman feudal law. A fief or fee held by the tenure Of knight-service; a knight's fee. 2 Bl. Comm. 62. … [Read more...] about FIEF D'HAUBERT
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FIEF OR FEUD
In its origin, a fief was a district of country allotted to one of the chiefs who invaded the Roman empire, as a stipend or reward; with a condition annexed that the possessor should do service faithfully both at home and in the wars, to him by whom it was given. The law of fiefs supposed that originally all lands belonged to lords, who had had the generosity to abandon them to … [Read more...] about FIEF OR FEUD
FIEF-TENANT
In old English law. The holder of a fief or fee; a feeholder or freeholder. … [Read more...] about FIEF-TENANT
FIDEM MENTIRI
Lat. To betray faith or fealty. A term used in feudal and old English law of a feudatory or feudal tenant who does not keep that fealty which he bas sworn to the lord. Leg. Hen. I. c 53. … [Read more...] about FIDEM MENTIRI
FIEL
In Spanish law. A sequestrator; a person in whose hands a thing in dispute is judicially deposited; a receiver. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 9, 1. 1. … [Read more...] about FIEL