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FIEF-TENANT

In old English law. The holder of a fief or fee; a feeholder or freeholder. … [Read more...] about FIEF-TENANT

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

by Law Professor

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

FIDE-PROMISSOR

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See FIDE-JUSSOR. … [Read more...] about FIDE-PROMISSOR

FIELD

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This term might well be considered as definite and certain a description as "close," and might be used in law; but it is not a usual description in legal proceedings. 1 Chit Gen. Pr. 160. … [Read more...] about FIELD

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