Feudal system
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
A system of land tenure having its origin in tho customs of the tribes which overran the territory of the Roman. Empire.
See 2 Bl. Comm. 44. See, also, 23 Am. & Eng. Ency. of Law, 2d ed., 935.