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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

This word is used in its ordinary sense with reference to cattle and hogs which are said to be made marketable by feeding.

Brockway v. Rowley, 66 111. 102.

It is also used in the sense of lending additional strength or subsequent support, as “the estate which becomes vested feeds the estoppel;” 5 Man. & Ry. 202, 207; so a subsequent title acquired by the mortgagor is said “to feed the mortgage.” See Gbaft. It Is also used in the phrase feeding of a by the owner of the land at other times; 2 Q. B. Dlv. 49.