Law Dictionary Definitions

ff.abbr.1. And the pages following. 2. (often cap.) FRAGMENTA.[Blacks Law 8th]

few. See FEU.[Blacks Law 8th]

feu tenure.See FEU FARM.[Blacks Law 8th]

feum. See FEUDUM.[Blacks Law 8th]

feuholding (fyoo-hohl-ding).Hist. A tenancy held by rendering produce or money instead of military service. — Also spelled feu holding.[Blacks Law 8th]

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]