FEE  , an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in See also:

• LAND

land held of a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord on See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the performance of See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage or service (see See also:

• FEUDALISM
• FEUDALISM (from Late Lat. feodum or feudum, a fee or fiel; see FEE)

FEUDALISM) . In See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law " fee " signifies an estate of See also:

• INHERITANCE

inheritance (i.e. an estate descendable to the heirs of the grantee so See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long as there are any in existence) as opposed to an estate for See also:

• LIFE

life . It is divisible into three See also:

• SPECIES

species: (1) fee See also:

• SIMPLE

simple; (2) conditional fee; (3) fee tail . (See ESTATE.) A fee See also:

• FARM

farm See also:

• RENT

rent is the rent reserved on granting a fee farm, i.e. land in fee simple, to be held by the See also:

• TENANT (from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenant and his heirs at a yearly rent . It is generally at least one-See also:

• FOURTH

fourth of the value of the land at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time of its See also:

• RESERVATION (Lat. reservare, to keep back)

reservation . (See RENT.) The word " fee " has also the sense of remuneration for services, especially the honorarium paid to a See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor, lawyer or member of any other profession . It is also used of a fixed sum paid for the right to enter for an examination, or on See also:

• ADMISSION

admission to member-See also:

• SHIP

ship of a university or other society . This sense of the word is taken by the New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary to be due to a use of " fee " in its feudal sense, and to represent a sum paid to the holder of an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office " in fee." The See also:

• ETYMOLOGY (Gr. grvµos, true, and X6yos, "account)

etymology of the Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. feudum, feodum or feum, of its See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent See also:

• FIEF

fief, and English " fee," in Scots law " See also:

• FEU

feu (q.v.), is extremely obscure . (See the New English Dictionary, s.v . " Fee.") There is a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word represented in Old English as fech or fee, in Old High See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German as fehu, meaning See also:

• PROPERTY

property in the shape of See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle (cf. See also:

• MODERN

modern Ger . Vieh, Dutch vee) .

The old See also:

• ARYAN

Aryan peku gives See also:

• SANSKRIT

Sanskrit papa, Lat. pecus, cattle, whence See also:

• PETUNIA

petunia, See also:

• MONEY

money . The O . Eng. feoh, in the sense of money, possibly survives in " fee," honorarium, though this is not the view of the New English Dictionary . The common explanation of the Med . Lat. feudum or feodum, of which See also:

• DUCANGE, VICTOR HENRI JOSEPH BRAHAIN (1783-1833)

Ducange (Glossarium, s.v.) gives an example from a constitution of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the See also:

• FAT (O.E. fdett; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vet, Ger. Fett, &c., and may be ultimately related to Greek Irian, and =apos, and Sanskrit pivan)

Fat of the See also:

• YEAR

year 884, is that it is formed from the Teutonic fehu, property, and od, See also:

• WEALTH

wealth (cf . AnaomuM and See also:

• UDAL (Dan. odel)
• UDAL, NICHOLAS (1504—1556)

UDAL) . This would apparently restrict the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original meaning to movable property, while the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early applications of feudum are to the enjoyment of something granted in return for service (beneficium) . Another theory takes the origin to be fehu alone, in a particular sense of See also:

• WAGES (the plural of " wage," from Late Lat. wadium, a pledge, O. Fr. wagier, gagier)

wages, See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment for services . This leaves the d- of feudum unexplained . Some have taken the origin to be a verbal See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form feudare-= foam dare . Another theory finds the source in the O .