Feu

[fju:]

Definition

(n.) A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money.

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Definition

n. (Scot.) a tenure where the vassal in place of military services makes a return in grain or in money: a right to the use of land houses &c. in perpetuity for a stipulated annual payment (Feu′-dū′ty).—v.t. to vest in one who undertakes to pay the feu-duty—n. Feu′ar one who holds real estate in consideration of a payment called feu-duty.

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