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feu farm.Scots law. A tenure of land held in exchange for a specified annual payment (called feu duty). • This type of tenure was converted to a freehold in 2000. — Also termed feu tenure. See FEU DUTY.[Blacks Law 8th]

feu duty.Scots law. The annual rent paid by the tenant of a feu. — Also termed ground annual.[Blacks Law 8th]

feudum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] A fief or feud; a feodum. — Also termed feodum; feum. Pl. feuda (fyoo-d<<schwa>>). See FEUD(1); FIEF; FEE(2). “The Latin equivalent of feodum or feudum is the root of the words ‘feudal’ and ‘subinfeudation’. The French form fief is favoured by some English historians, but it was not used in law-French.”…

Feudorum Libri (fyoo-dor-<<schwa>>m lI-brI). [Latin “the books of the feuds”] Hist. The Books of Feuds, a five-book compilation of Lombardic feudal law published in Milan around 1152, during the reign of Henry III. • This unofficial compilation was the main source of tenure law among the nations in Europe. It was widely used in medieval…

feudist. A writer on feuds (for example, Cujacius, Spelman, Craig).[Blacks Law 8th]

feudee (fyoo-dee), n. Hist. The grantee of a feud; a feudal tenant. [Blacks Law 8th]

feude. See FEUD.[Blacks Law 8th]

feudatory,adj. Hist. (Of a vassal) owing feudal allegiance to a lord. feudatory,n. Hist. The grantee of a feud; the vassal or tenant who held an estate by feudal service. — Also termed feudary; feodatory. “Every receiver of lands, or feudatory, was therefore bound, when called upon by his benefactor, or immediate lord of his feud…

feudary. See FEUDATORY.[Blacks Law 8th]

feudarum consuetudines (fyoo-dair-<<schwa>>m kon-sw<<schwa>>-t[y]oo-d<<schwa>>-neez). [Latin] The customs of feuds. • This was the name of a compilation of feudal laws and customs made in 12th-century Milan. It is regarded as an authoritative work in continental Europe. — Also spelled feodarum consuetudines.[Blacks Law 8th]