Improper feud
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Stimson (1881)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A feud which carried no military service.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
“Under the title of improper or derivative feuds were comprised all such as do not fall within the other descriptions; such, for instance, as were originally bartered and sold to the feudatory for a price; s Uch as were held upon base or less honorable service, or upon a rent, in lieu of military services; such as were in themselves, alienable, without mutual license; and was not expressed in the creation, such new created feuds did in all respects follow the nature of an original, genuine, and proper feud.’’ 1 Bla. Com. 58. See Feudum.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
A feud held V. Feud.