FEUDUM

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.” J.H. Baker, An Introduction to English Legal History 256 n.4 (3d ed. 1990).

feudum antiquum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m an-tI-kw<<schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin “ancient feud”]

Hist. 1.A feud that passed to a vassal from an intestate ancestor. 2. A feud that ancestors had

possessed for more than four generations. 3. An ancient feud. — Also termed feodum antiquum

(fee-<<schwa>>-d<<schwa>>m orfyoo-d<<schwa>>m). See FEUD(1). Pl. feuda antiqua

(fyoo-d<<schwa>> an-tI-kw<< schwa>>).

feudum apertum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m <<schwa>>-p<<schwa>>r-t<<schwa>>m).Hist. A

feud that reverted to the lord because of a tenant’s failure of issue, a crime by the tenant, or some

other legal cause. — Also termed feodum apertum.

feudum burgale (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m b<<schwa>>r-gay-lee). [Law Latin] Hist. Land held

feudally by burgage tenure — that is, tenure given in exchange for a tenant’s watching and

warding in a burgh. See WATCH AND WARD.

feudum ex camera aut caverna (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m eks kam-<<schwa>>r-<<schwa>>awt

k<<schwa>>-v<<schwa>>r-n<<schwa>>). [Law Latin “feu from a room or hole”] Hist. An

annual gift of money, grain, or other items to a deserving person, esp. a soldier.

feudum francum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m frangk-<<schwa>>m).Hist. A free feud; a feud or fee

that was noble and free from talliage and subsidies that vulgar feuds (plebeia feuda) were subject

to.

feudum hauberticum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m

haw-b<<schwa>>r-t<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>m).Hist. A feud that was held on the military service

of appearing fully armed when summoned by the lord. See ARRIèRE-BAN.

feudum improprium (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m im-proh-pree-<<schwa>>m).Hist. A feud that was

improper.

feudum individuum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m in-d<<schwa>>-vij-oo-<<schwa>>m).Hist. A feud

that was indivisible and descendible only to the eldest son.

feudum laicum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m lay-<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>m).Hist. A lay feud. —

Also termed feodum laicum.

feudum ligium (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m lij-ee-<<schwa>>m).Hist. 1. A liege feud; a feud held

immediately of the sovereign. 2. A feud for which the vassal owed fealty to his lord against all

other persons.

feudum maternum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m m<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r-n<<schwa>>m).Hist. A

feud that descended to the feudatory from the maternal side.

feudum militare (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m mil-<<schwa>>-tair-ee).Hist. A knight’s feud. • It was

held by knight-service and esteemed the most honorable species of tenure. — Also termed feodum

militis; (in Norman law) fief d’haubert or fief d’hauberk.

feudum nobile (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m noh-b<<schwa>>-lee).Hist. A feud for which the tenant

did guard and owed fealty and homage. — Also termed feodum nobile.

feudum novum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m noh-v<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. A new fee; a fee

that began with the person of the feudatory, and that was not acquired by succession. — Also

spelled feodum novum.

“For if the feud, of which the son died seised, was really feudum antiquum, or one descended

to him from his ancestors, the father could not possibly succeed to it, because it must have passed

him in the course of descent, before it could come to the son …. And if it were feudum novum, or

one newly acquired by the son, then only the descendants from the body of the feudatory himself

could succeed, by the known maxim of the early feodal constitutions … which was founded as

well upon the personal merit of the vassal, which might be transmitted to his children but could

not ascend to his progenitors ….” 2 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England

211–12 (1766).

feudum novum ut antiquum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m noh-v<<schwa>>m <<schwa>>t

an-tI-kw<<schwa>>m).Hist. A new feud held with the qualities of an ancient feud.

feudum paternum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m p<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>r-n<<schwa>>m).Hist. 1.

A feud that the tenant’s paternal ancestors had held for four generations. 2. A feud descendible

only to the heirs on the paternal side. 3. A feud that could be held only by males.

feudum proprium (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m proh-pree-<<schwa>>m).Hist. An original feud that

is military in nature and held by military service.

feudum rectum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m rek-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Lands held by

military tenure.

feudum simplex (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m sim-pleks). [Law Latin] Hist. FEE SIMPLE.

feudum talliatum (fyoo-d<<schwa>>m tal-ee-ay-t<<schwa>>m). See FEE TAIL.[Blacks Law 8th]