feudal+tenant
21tenant-in-chief — In English feudal law, all the land in the kingdom was supposed to be holden mediately or immediately of the king, who was styled the Lord Paramount, or Lord Above All; and those that held immediately under him, in right of his crown and dignity …
22Scottish feudal Barony of Craigie — Flag of Scotland The Barony of Craigie is a Scottish feudal Crown barony within and near Dundee in Scotland. Craigie has long been incorporated within the boundaries of the Royal Burgh of Dundee; before that it was a barony lying on the periphery …
23Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860 — The Landlord and Tenant Law Amendment (Ireland) Act 1860, better known as Deasy s Act, was an Act of Parliament preceding the agrarian unrest in Ireland in the 1880s, the Land War . The Act was named after its promoter Rickard Deasy, the Attorney …
24Villein (feudal) — Villein (or villain ) was the term used in the feudal era to denote a peasant (tenant farmer) who was legally tied to the land he worked on. An alternative term is serf (from Latin servus = slave ). A villein could not leave the land without the… …
25chief, tenant in — In English feudal law, all the land in the kingdom was supposed to be holden mediately or immediately of the king, who was styled the Lord Paramount, or Lord Above All; and those that held immediately under him, in right of his crown and dignity …
26chief, tenant in — In English feudal law, all the land in the kingdom was supposed to be holden mediately or immediately of the king, who was styled the Lord Paramount, or Lord Above All; and those that held immediately under him, in right of his crown and dignity …
27Lord — For other uses, see Lord (disambiguation). Lordship redirects here. For other uses, see Lordship (disambiguation). Queen Elizabeth II, Lord of Mann Lord is a title with various meanings. It can denote a prince or a feu …
28Whitslaid Tower — was an ancient seat of the Lauder family for over 300 years. It is today a ruin high above the eastern bank of the Leader Water two miles south of the burgh of Lauder, in the Scottish Borders. In feudal times it fell within a detached segment of… …
29Homage — Hom age, n. [OF. homage, homenage, F. hommage, LL. hominaticum, homenaticum, from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. humus earth, Gr.? on the ground, and E. groom in bridegroom. Cf. {Bridegroom}, {Human}.] 1. (Feud.… …
30subinfeudation — /sub in fyooh day sheuhn/, n. Feudal Law. 1. the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant. 2. the tenure established. 3. the estate or fief so… …
