Feodum Novum
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
See "Feodum Antiquum.!' FEODUM SIMPLEX QUIA FEODUM idem est quod haereditas, et simplex idem est quod legitimum vel purum; et sic feodum simplex Idem est quod haereditas legitlma vel haereditas pura. A fee simple, so called because fee is the same as inheritance, and simple is the same- as lawful or pure; and thus fee simple is the same as a lawful inheritance, or pure inheritance. Litt. § 1.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A feud acquired by a vassal himself.
Defined under Feodum in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A feud acquired by a vassal himself. Feodum simplex quia feodum idem est quod hereditas, et simplex idem est quod legitimum vel purum; et sic feodum simplex idem est quod hereditas legitima vel hereditas pura. Litt. § 1. A fee-simple, so called because fee is the same as inheritance, and simple is the same as lawful or pure; and thus fee-simple is the same as a lawful inheritance, or pure inheritance. Feodum talliatum, i. e., hereditas in quandam certitudinem limitata. Litt. § 13. Fee-tail, i. e., an inheritance limited in a definite descent.