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A lessee; a farmer. one who holds a term, whether of lauds or an lucorporeal right, such as customs or revenue Source: […]

In French law. one who farms any public revenue Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A farm; a rent; a lease; a house or land, or both, taken by indenture or lease. Plowd. 195; Vicat, See Fabm […]

Beverages produced by, or whlch have undergone, a process of alcohollc fermentation, to which they owe their intoxicating properties, including beer, wine, […]

A furlong. Co. Litt 5b Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

or FEARM. A house or land, or both, let by lease. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old records. The fourth part of a penny; also the quarter of a ward in a borongh Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

A fourth part of a yard-land Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Holiday*; also weekdays, as distinguished from Sunday. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old European law. A wound; a stroke. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Saxon law. An acquittance of manslaughter committed in tbe army; also a fine imposed on persons for net going forth on […]

In old English law. A weekday ; a holiday; a day on which process could not be served; a fair; a ferry. […]

Sax. A summons to serve-in the army. An acquittance from going into-the army. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, ( 23 Source: Black’s […]

A term denoting, appar-ently, a freeman of the lowest class, being named after the cotseti Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Ital. A kind of small ves-sel or boat. Mentioned in old Scotch law, and called “fercost” Skene Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

A fardel-land; ten acres; or perhaps a yard-land. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In forest law. The fawning season of deer Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A certain portion of the prod-uce of the land dne by the grantee to the lord according to the terms of the […]

The person making a feoff-ment, or enfeoffing another in fee. 2 BL Comm. 310; Litt. H 1, 57 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

This Saxon word meant originally cattle, and thence property or money, and, by a second transition, wages, reward, or , fee. It […]

He to whom a fee is conveyed. Litt § 1; 2 Bl. Comm. 20 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The gift of any corpo-real hereditament to another, (2 Bl. Comm. 310), operating by transmutation of possession, and requiring, as essential to […]

In old English law. A feoffer; one who gives or bestows a fee; one who makes a feoffment Bract fols. 12b, 81 […]

In old Engllsh law. A feoffee; one to whom a fee is given, or a feoffment made. Bract fols. 17b, 44b Source: […]

A feoffment. 2 BL Comm. 310 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)