Public-domain · open source

Commendation

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In feudal law. Commendation was where an owner of land placed himself and his land under the protection of a lord, so as to constitute himself his vassal or feudal tenant. Commendation, and the grant of beneficia or feuds, were the two principal modes by which the feudal system was established. See 1 Stubbs, Const. Hist. 153.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The voluntary subjection of a freeman to a lord to secure his protection.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In feudal law. This was the act by which an owner of allodial land placed himself and his land undor the protection of a lord, so as to constitute himself his vassal or feudui tenant.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In feudal law. This was the act by which an owner of allodial land placed himself and his land under the protection of a lord, so as to constitute himself his vassal or feudal tenant.