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Fief

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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a feudal estate in land, land held from a superior (see Feudalism). The word is the French form, which is represented in Medieval Latin as feudum or feodum, and in English as " fee " or " feu " (see FEE). The A.Fr. feoffer, to invest with a fief or fee, has given the English law terms" f coffee " and " feoffment " (q.v.).

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Fief'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​f/fief.html. 1910.
 
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