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feuda pecuniae (fyoo-d<<schwa>> pi-kyoo-nee-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. A heritable right to money.[Blacks Law 8th]

feudal system.See FEUDALISM.[Blacks Law 8th]

feudal law.Hist. The real-property law of land tenures that prevailed in England, esp. after the Norman Conquest. See FEUDARUM CONSUETUDINES.[Blacks Law 8th]

feudalism (fyood-<<schwa>>l-iz-<<schwa>>m).1. A landholding system, particularly applying to medieval Europe, in which all are bound by their status in a hierarchy of reciprocal obligations of service and defense. • The lord was obligated to give the vassal (1) some land, (2) protection, and (3) justice. The lord guaranteed the quiet occupation of the land by…

feudal action.Hist. A real action; an action that concerned only real property.[Blacks Law 8th]

feudal,adj.1. Of, relating to, or growing out of feudalism <feudal law>.2. Of or relating to a feud <feudal tenure>. — Also spelled (archaically) feodal. Cf. ALLODIAL.[Blacks Law 8th]

feud,n. Hist. 1.A heritable estate in land conveyed from a feudal superior to a grantee or tenant, held on the condition of rendering services to the superior. “It is believed that the forms feud and fief appear in England but late in the day under the influence of foreign books; they never became terms of…

feu charter.Scots law. The charter creating a feu tenure.[Blacks Law 8th]

feuar (fyoo-<<schwa>>r), n. Scots law. One who holds a feu. Cf. FEU; VASSAL.[Blacks Law 8th]

feu annual.Scots law. The yearly return generated by a feu.[Blacks Law 8th]