FEUDORUM LIBRI

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 law schools and courts in Italy,

France, and Germany. The Feudorum Libri were probably known in England but had little effect

other than influencing English lawyers to study their own tenure system more critically. — Also

termed Consuetudines Feudorum; Usus Feudorum.[Blacks Law 8th]