Fidelitas

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Fealty; fidelity.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Fealty.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Fealty; fidelity.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat. Fealty, (q. v.) Fidelitas. De nullo tenemento, quod tenetur ad terminum, fit homagii; fit tamen inde fidelitatis sacramentum. Co. Litt. 676. Fealty. For no tenement which is held for a term is there the oath of homage, but there is the oath of fealty.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. I.

In feudal and old English law. Fealty; fidelity.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Fealty; fidelity. Fidelitas. De nullo tenemento, quod tenetur ad terminum, fit homagii; fit tamen inde fidelitatis sacramentum. Co. Litt. 676. Fealty. For no tenement which

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

/. Fidelity; fealty.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Lat. [from fide Hs, q. v.] In old English law. Fealty; fidelity. Spelman, voc. Fidelis. 1 BL Com. 367. See Fealty. Used in the plural, fidelitates. Beg. Orig. 317 b.