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In feudal law. A service (or the ceremony of rendering it) which a tenant was bound to perform to his lord on receiving investiture of a fee, or succeeding to it as heir, in acknowledgment of the tenure. It is described by Littleton as the most honorable service of reverence that a free tenant might do to his lord. The ceremony was as follows: The tenant, being ungirt and with … [Read more...] about HOMAGE

The mansion-house. … [Read more...] about HOMESTALL

One who does or is bound to do homage. Cowell. … [Read more...] about HOMAGER

The home place; the place where the home is. It is the home, the house and the adjoining land, where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the head of a family, with the land and buildings surrounding the main house. Technically, however, and under the modern homestead laws, a homestead is an artificial estate in land, devised to protect the … [Read more...] about HOMESTEAD

A writ to the eecheator commanding him to deliver seisin of lands to the heir of the king's tenant notwithstanding his homage not done. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 209. … [Read more...] about HOMAGIO RESPECTUANDO