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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 40 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BLANCH See also:

FEE, or BLANCH HOLDING (from Fr. See also:blanc, See also:white)  , an See also:ancient See also:tenure in Scottish See also:land See also:law, the See also:duty payable being in See also:silver or See also:white See also:money in contradistinction to See also:gold . The phrase was afterwards applied to any holding of which the quit-See also:rent was merely nominal, such as a See also:penny, a peppercorn, &c .

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