Feodal
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Belonging to a fee or feud; feudal. More commonly used by the old writers than "feudal."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Relating to, belonging to, or having the quality of feod, feud, or fee; feudal Feodal actions: real actions.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Belonging to a fee or feud; feudal. More commonly used by the old writers than feudal.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. feodalis.] Relating to, belonging to, or having the quality of a feod, feud, or fee; feudal. 2 Bl. Com. 44, et passim, in book 2, chap. 4. Cowell. This word is uniformly used by Blackstone in preference to feudal, probably after the example of the old writers, and the constant use of feodum in Bracton, the Register and Magna Charta, instead of feudum. So the Lat. feodalis generally occurs in the Scotch writers.