Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The tenure of the fee held by a vavasor.
- noun Lands held by a vavasor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Feud. Law) The quality or tenure of the fee held by a vavasor; also, the lands held by a vavasor.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law, obsolete The quality or
tenure of thefee held by avavasor . - noun law, obsolete The
lands held by a vavasor.
Etymologies
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French vavassorie.
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Examples
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The middle thane was feudal, but not honorary; he was also called a vavasor, and his lands a vavasory, which held of some mesne lord, and not immediately of the King.
The Commonwealth of Oceana James Harrington 1644
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