FBUDUM. A feud, fief, or fee. A right of enjoying forever the lands of an othe•, which the lord grants on condition that the tenant 'shall render fealty, military duty, and other services. Spelman, Gloss. It is not properly the land, but a right in the land. This form of the word is used by the feudal writers. The earlier English writers generally prefer the form feodum ; the meaning is the same.
Feudum antiquum. A fee descended from the tenant's ancestors. 2 Blackstone, Comm. 212. One which had been possessed by the relations of the for four generations. Spelman, Gloss.
Feudum apertum. A fee which the lord might enter upon and resume either through failure of issue of the tenant or any crime or legal cause on his part. Spelman, Gloss. ; 2 Blackstone, Comm, 245.
• Feudum franeum. A free feud. One which was noble and free from talliage and other subsidies to which the plebeia feuda (vulgar feuds) were subject. Spelmau, Gloss.
Feudum hauberticum. A fee held on the military service of appearing fully armed at the ban and arriere ban. Spelman, Gloss.
Feudum improprium. A derivative fee.
Feudum individuum. A fee which could descend to the eldest son alone. 2 Black stone, Comm. 215.
Feudum ligium. A liege fee. One where the tenant owed fealty to his lord against all other persons. Spelman, Gloss.; 1 Black
stone, Comm. 367.
Feudum maternum. A fee descending from the mother's side. 2 Blackstone, Comm. 212.
Feudum nubile. A fee for which the tenant did guard and owed fealty and homage. .Spelman, Gloss.
Feudum novum. One which began with the person of the feudatory, and did not come to him by descent.
Feudum novum ut antiguum. A new fee held with the qualities and incidents of an ancient one. 2 Blackstone, Comm. 212.
Feudum paternum. A fee which the pa ternal ancestors had held for four genera tions. Calvinus, Lex. ; Spelman, Gloss. One descendible to heirs on the paternal side only. 2 Blackstone, Comm. 223. One which might be held by males only. DuCane.
Feudum praprium. A genuine original feud or fee, of a military nature, in the hands Of a military person. 2 Sharswood, Blackst. Comm. 57.
• Feudum talliatum.. A restricted fee. One limited to descend to certain classes of heirs. 2 Blackstone, Comm. 112, n. ; 1 Washburn, Real Prop. 66 ; Spelman, Gloss. See, gene rally, Le Grand Coutumier•; Spelman, Feuds; %Gauge ; Calvinus, Lex.; Dalrymple, Feuds ; Pothier, des Fiefs; Merlin, Report. Feodalitd.