feudal

  • 91Feudal incidents — Modern term for the various obligations of a man who held land by knight service. These incidents provided a large part of any lord s income, great or small. Cf. Aids; Contenement; Primer seisin; Relief …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 92feudal de tenencia de la tierra, sistema — Sistema conforme al cual los señores entregaban la tierra a los inquilinos para su cultivo. En Inglaterra y Francia, el rey era el señor soberano y amo del reino. Concedía tierras a sus señores, quienes a su vez la cedían a sus vasallos y así… …

    Enciclopedia Universal

  • 93feudal system — Synonyms and related words: absolute monarchy, aristocracy, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, coalition government, colonialism, commonwealth, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, democracy, dictatorship, dominion rule, duarchy,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 94Feudal-Ret — Lensret …

    Danske encyklopædi

  • 95Feudal-System — Lensvæsen …

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  • 96feudal lord — European land owner in the Middle Ages …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 97feudal system — n. political and social system of medieval Europe in which vassals were protected by lords whom they served in times of war …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 98feudal system — feu′dal sys tem n. why the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal • Etymology: 1770–80 …

    From formal English to slang

  • 99feudal system — /ˈfjudl sɪstəm/ (say fyoohdl sistuhm) noun the organisation in Europe during the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee, and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal …

  • 100feudal actions — Real actions,–actions which concerned real property only. Formerly, these actions were employed to settle all disputes concerning real property, but owing to their complicated nature they were superseded by more expeditious proceedings for trying …

    Ballentine's law dictionary