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feu [fjuː] n
1. (Historical Terms) Scot Legal history a. a feudal tenure of land for which rent was paid in money or grain instead of by the performance of military service b. the land so held 2. (Law) Scots Law a right to the use of land in return for a fixed annual payment (feu duty) [from Old French; see fee] Translations feu n (Scot) → Lehen nt How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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`Ye must then obey me,' said the Earl,---and with that were presented unto him certain letters to subscribe, amongst which there was a five years' tack, and a nineteen years' tack, and a charter of feu of all the lands (of Crossraguel, with all the clauses necessary for the Earl to haste him to hell. In a word, those gentlemen, Gascons indeed, so bewildered him with fine words, and he is so flattered by his rapidly established intimacy with the French marshals, and so dazzled by the sight of Murat's mantle and ostrich plumes, qu'il n'y voit que du feu, et oublie celui qu'il devait faire faire sur l'ennemi And the honest drover, in his warmth, endorsed this moral sentiment by firing a perfect feu de joi at the fireplace. |
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