Feod

Said to be compounded of the two Saxon words feoh (stipend) and odh (property); by others, to be composed of feoh (stipend) and hod (condition). 2 Bl. Comm 45; Spelman. See "Fee."

Feodum, I. I.

In old English law. A fee. v. Fee; Feudunu Feodi flrina: fee farm; the farm of a fea Feodl flrmarius: the lessee or farmer of a fee; a holder in fee farm. Feodum est id quod quis tenet ex quacunque causa, sibi et hieredibus suis: fee is that which one holds by any title, to him and his heirs. Feodum idem est quod h%reditas: fee is the same as inheritance. Feodum improprium: an improper or derivative fee. Feodum laicum: a lay fee. Feodum militis, or militare: a knight's fee. Feodum proprium: a proper, pure and original fee or feud, regulated strictly by the old fundamental rules of feudal tenure and succession. Feodum simplex: fee-simple; a simple or pure fee. Feodum talliatnm: fee tail; a fee entailed; a cut fee.

See Feud.

Feodum, /. A fee. v. Feudnm, Fee. farm.

[L. Lat feodum.] Supposed by some to be the primitive word expressive of a feudal grant or estate; and from which the Lat. feodum was immediately formed; {S&x. feo Jiod, homfeoh^ a stipend, and hod, state or condition. Spelman. Or, feeodh, from fee, a stipend, and odh, property. 2 Bl. Com. 45, note.) The better opinion, however, seems to be that feodum was formed simply from feoh, the primitive word; and that feod is merely the Anglicized form of feodum, as feud is offeudum. See Feodum, Feoh. It is not used by Blackstone, though its derivative feodal is uniformly. See Feodal, Feudum.