1. In feudal law. A sum pay-able hy the new tenant, the duty heing inci-dent to every feudal tenure, by way of fine or composition with the lord for taking np the estate w'hich was lapsed or fallen in hy the death of the last tenant At oue time the amount was arbitrary, but afterwards the re-lief of a knight's fee became fixed at one hundred shillings. 2 Bl. Comm. 65
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
