Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Land granted to be held as a benefice, in distinction from land granted to be held allodially.
- noun An estate of inheritance; an interest in land descendible to heirs.
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Examples
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This, then, was the feudal system (so named from the word feudum, which, in Latin, meant a piece of land the use of which was given to a man in return for his services in war), a system which reversed the natural laws of society, and stood it on its apex, like a cone balanced on its point.
The World War and What was Behind It Or, the Story of the Map of Europe Louis Paul B��n��zet 1919
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Episcopum, vel Abbatem vell Abbatissam, vel Dominum plebis feudum dare non posse.
John Adams diary 10, includes legal notes, 24 January - 21 February 1765, August 1765 1961
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It comes from the medieval Latin _feudum_, from which are desired the French _fief_ and the English _fee_.
Early European History Hutton Webster
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These dukes and counts and barons had sworn to be faithful to the king who had given them their ` ` feudum '' (hence our word ` ` feudal, '') in return for their loyal services and a certain amount of taxes.
The Story of Mankind 1921
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Latin feudum of Teutonic origin, and thus cognate with the Old High
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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The fief (Latin, _feudum_) was the central institution of feudalism and the one from which it derives its name.
An Introduction to the History of Western Europe James Harvey Robinson 1899
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Nono, dividitur in Feu - dum Francum, ideft liberum, & in non Fran - cum • feudum franitm eft illod, pro quo Vaf -
Adm. rev. p. F. Lucii Ferraris ... Prompta Bibliotheca canonica, juridica, moralis, theologica ... 1782
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* thecarum, quod habet credio» 1 feudum aut praedium debvri Confuet.
Glossarium manuale ad scriptores mediae et infimae Latinitatis Charles Du Fresne Du Cange 1778
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Hic efl m l) mofculo feudum milirare bobenti XXI. annus completus, in foemina XIV.ann. compl. 2) ini hacrede foccomanni (0: coloni condu£litii.
Jus ecclesiasticum novum sive Arnaeum constitutum anno Domini MCCLXXV.: Kristinnrettr in nyi edr ... Grímur Jónsson Thorkelín 1777
ruzuzu commented on the word feudum
"1. Land granted to be held as a benefice, in distinction from land granted to be held allodially." --CD&C
October 5, 2011