Chains or shackles for the feet; irons used to secure the legs of convicts, unruly prisoners, etc. Similar chains securing the wrists are called "handcuffs." … [Read more...] about FETTERS
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FERMORY
In old records. A place In monasteries, where they received the poor, (hospicio excipiebant,) and gave them provisions, (ferm, firma.) Spelman. Hence the modern infirmary; used in the sense of a hospital. … [Read more...] about FERMORY
FETUS
An unborn child. Also spelled as foetus. … [Read more...] about FETUS
FERNIGO
In old English law. A waste ground, or place where fern grows. Cowell. … [Read more...] about FERNIGO
FEU
In Scotch law. A holding or tenure where the vassal, in place of military service, makes his return in grain or money. Distinguished from "wardholding," which is the military tenure of the country. Bell. Fen annuals. The reddendo, or annual return from the vassal to a superior in a feu bolding. Fen holding. A holding by tenure of rendering grain or money in place of military … [Read more...] about FEU