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Vasseleria

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

The tenure or holding of a vassal. Cowell. VASTITAS (Law Lat. from vastum, q. v.)

In old English law. A waste. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 22, § 6. VASTUM (Law Lat.) Waste; a waste or common lying open to the cattle of all tenants who have a right of commoning. Par. Ant. 351; Cowell. VASTUM FORESTAE VEL BOSCI (Law Lat.) In old records. Waste of a forest or wood. That part of a forest or wood wherein the trees and underwood were so destroyed that it lay in a manner waste and barren. Par. Ant. 351, 497; Cowell.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The tenure or holding of a vassal. Cowell.