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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.