A fardel-land; ten acres; or perhaps a yard-land. Cowell … [Read more...] about FERDELLA TERRAE
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FEODUM or FEUDUM or FEE
estates. From the French, fief. A fee is an estate which may continue forever. The word fee is explained to signify that the land, or other subject of property, belongs to its owner, and is transmissible, in the case of an individual, to those whom the law appoints to succeed him, under the appellation of heirs; and in the case of corporate bodies, to those who are to take on … [Read more...] about FEODUM or FEUDUM or FEE
FERDFARE
Sax. A summons to serve in the army. An acquittance from going into the army. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, 5 23. … [Read more...] about FERDFARE
FEOFFAMENTUM
A feoffment. … [Read more...] about FEOFFAMENTUM
FERDINGUS
A term denoting, apparently, a freeman of the lowest class, being named after the cotseti. … [Read more...] about FERDINGUS