Feudum Apertum
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A fee which the lord might enter upon and resume either through failure of issue of the tenant, or any crime or legal cause on his part. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 245.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
An open feud or fief; a fief resulting back to the lord, where the blood of the person last seised was utterly extinct and gone. 2 Bl. Comm. 245.
Defined under Feudum in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
An open feu or fief; a fief resulting back to the lord, whe the blood of the persen last seised was utterly extinct and gone. 2 BL Comm. 245.