Law Dictionary Definitions

feodum antiquum.See feudum antiquum under FEUDUM.[Blacks Law 8th]

feodum antiquum.See feudum antiquum under FEUDUM.[Blacks Law 8th]

feodum (fee-<<schwa>>-d<<schwa>>m orfyoo-d<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. 1.A fee; a heritable estate. “Feodum … A fee; the same as feudum. This is the word uniformly employed by Glanville and Bracton to denote an estate of inheritance, and an estate held of another by service, instead of feudum, which is invariably used by the continental feudists.” 1…

feodi firmarius (fee-<<schwa>>-dIorfyoo-dI f<<schwa>>r-mair-ee-<<schwa>>s).Hist. The tenant of a fee farm.[Blacks Law 8th]

feodi firma (fee-<<schwa>>-dIorfyoo-dIf<<schwa>>r-m<<schwa>>). See FEE FARM.[Blacks Law 8th]

feodatory (fyoo-d<<schwa>>-tor-ee). See FEUDATORY.[Blacks Law 8th]

feodary (fyoo-d<<schwa>>-ree).Hist. An officer of the Court of Wards who traveled with the escheator from county to county in order to receive royal rents and estimate the value of land tenures for the Crown. See COURT OF WARDS AND LIVERIES .[Blacks Law 8th]

feodarum consuetudines (fee-<<schwa>>-dair-<<schwa>>m [or fyoo-dair-<<schwa>>m] kon-sw<<schwa>>-t[y]oo-d<<schwa>>-neez). See FEUDARUM CONSUETUDINES.[Blacks Law 8th]

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

feodality (fyoo-dal-<<schwa>>-tee). See FEALTY.[Blacks Law 8th]