Meaning & use
Feod
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An archaic legal term for a feudal estate or fief held by a vassal in exchange for service.
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The medieval charter described the lord's feod and the obligations owed by his tenants.
Historians studying feudal law still encounter the older spelling 'feod' in original documents.
A note on using this word
An archaic variant spelling of 'feud' in its legal sense (not the sense of a quarrel); it survives mainly in historical and legal texts.
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fieffeoff
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