Feud
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Land held of a superior on condition of rendering him services.
2 Bl. Comm. 106.
A hereditary right to use lands, rendering services therefor to the lord, while the property in the land itself remains in the lord. Spelman, Feuds, c.
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The same as feod, fief, and fee.
1 Sullivan, Lect. 128; 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 34; Dalr. Feud. Prop. 99; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 18.
In Scotland and the north of England, a combination of all the kin to revenge the death of any of the blood upon the slayer and all his race. Termes de la Ley; Whishaw.