Relief
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A sum payable by a new tenant, the duty being incident to every feudal tenure, by way of fine or composition with the lord for taking up the estate which was lapsed or fallen in by the death of the last tenant. At one time the amount was arbitrary: but afterwards the relief of a knight's fee became fixed at one hundred shillings.
2 Bla. Com. 65. See 3 Holdsw. Ilist. E. L. 53.