FIEF  , a feudal See also:

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

estate in See also:

• LAND

land, land held from a See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior (see See also:

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

FEUDALISM) . The word is the See also:

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

French See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, which is represented in See also:

• MEDIEVAL

Medieval Latin as feudum or feodum, and in See also:

• ENGLISH

English as"See also:

• FEE

fee" or " See also:

• FEU

feu " (see FEE) . The A.Fr. feoffer, to invest with a fief or fee, has given the 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 terms" feoffee " and" See also:

• FEOFFMENT

feoffment (q.v.) .