Frank Ferme
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Lands or tenements where the nature of the fee is changed by feoffment from knight's service to yearly service, and whence no homage but such as is contained in the feoffment may be demanded. Britt. c. 66, n. 3; Cowell; 2 Bl. Comm. 80.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A species of socage tenure, changed by feoffment from knight’s service. See 2 Bl. Comm. 80.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Lands or tenements where the nature of the fee is changed by feoffment from knight’s service to yearly service and whence no homage but such as is contained in the feoffment may be demanded. Britton, c. 66, n. 3; Cowell; 2 Bla. Com. 80.