Deadly Feud
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. faida mortalis or mortifera,] A profession of irreconcilable hatred against an enemy, until revenge were obtained even by his death. This was allowed by the ancient Saxon laws, where a man had been killed, and no pecuniary satisfaction had been made to his kindred. Spelman, voc. Faida. The term was also applied to the predatory warfare carried on in the northern borders of England.
Stat. 43 Eliz. c. 13. 4 Bl. Com, 244.
See Faida,