infeudation

/ ˌɪ�Դ��ʊˈ��ɪʃə�� /

noun

in feudal society
1. the act of putting a vassal in possession of a fief
2. the deed conferring such possession
3. the consequent relationship of lord and vassal
the granting of tithes to laymen

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Infeudation, in-fū-dā′shun, n. the putting of an estate in fee: the granting of tithes to laymen.

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The infeudation of other things than land.

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Infeudation, 106 f.; of other things than land, 115.

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The lord had many of the characteristics of a patriarchal chieftain, but his prerogative was limited by a variety of settled customs traceable to the express conditions which had been agreed upon when the infeudation took place.

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The tenures created during this era of universal infeudation were as various as the conditions which the tenants made with their new chiefs or were forced to accept from them.

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infested infibulate

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