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feu-farm
feu-farm Sc. Law. (ˈfjuːfɑːm) [ad. OF. feuferme: see fee-farm.] 1. That kind of tenure by which land is held of a superior on payment of a certain yearly rent. Also, to hold, let, set in feu-farm. Cf. fee-farm 1.14.. Burgh Laws xcv. (Sc. Stat. I), Of landys lattin till feuferme in burgh. 1457 Sc. Ac...
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fee-farm
fee-farm Law. (ˈfiːfɑːm) Also Sc. feu-farm. [a. AF. fee-ferme, OF. feuferme, fiofferme; Anglo-Lat. (12th c.) had feudofirma, feudifirma, and the phrase firmam in feudo tenere; in continental use occur feudum firmum, feudalis firma, firma feudata; see fee n.2 and farm n.2] 1. That kind of tenure by w...
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Burgh Muir
it was not until 1508 that a Royal Charter issued by James IV gave the Council licence to feu, stipulating that "the foresaid lands shall be leased in feu-farm
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feu
▪ I. feu, n. Sc. Law. (fjuː) Forms: 5–8 few, 6– feu. [a. OF. feu, fieu, fiu; see the variant fee n.2] 1. = fee n.2 1; also, a tract of land held in fee. (Used by modern Scottish jurists indiscriminately with fee as a rendering of med.L. feudum.)1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Table, s.v., Gif the vassall commi...
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Elcho Priory
In return, Dame Euphemia “granted him a charter of the lands of Kinnaird and the ‘feu-farm’ of the same and also the fermes [feus] of the lands of Binning
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demit
▪ I. demit, v.1 (dɪˈmɪt) [ad. L. dēmittĕre to send, put, or let down, to cast down, lower, sink, f. de- I. 1 + mittĕre to send, etc. Cf. OF. demetre in same sense.] 1. trans. To send, put, or let down; to cause to descend; to lower.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxv, If they decline their necke ...
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