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FEUDALISM

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The feudal system; the aggregate of feudal principles and usages. … [Read more...] about FEUDALISM

FERTILE OCTEGENARIAN RULE

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Legal fiction that any person (both male and female) are capable of having children. State laws have dealt with this issue that has plagued estate planning where property could not be distributed as per the deceased person's original intentions. … [Read more...] about FERTILE OCTEGENARIAN RULE

FEUDALIZE

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To reduce to a feudal tenure; to conform to feudalism. Webster. … [Read more...] about FEUDALIZE

FESTA IN CAPPIS

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In old English law. Grand holidays, on which choirs wore caps. Jacob. Festinatio justltlst est novoroa infertunil. Hob. 97. Hasty justice is the stepmother of misfortune. … [Read more...] about FESTA IN CAPPIS

FEUDARY

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A tenant who holds by feudal tenure, (also spelled "feodatory" and "feudatory.") Held by feudal service. Relatlng to feuds or feudal tenures. … [Read more...] about FEUDARY

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