单词 | feu |
释义 | feun. Scots Law. 1. = fee n.2 1; also, a tract of land held in fee. (Used by modern Scottish jurists indiscriminately with fee as a rendering of medieval Latin feudum.) ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > piece of land held in feu feu1609 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem Table, s.v. Gif the vassall committis ane trespas aganis his overlord: he tines his few halden of him. lib. 2. c. 63, 4. [The word is not in the text, which renders feudum by ‘lands’.] 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. iii. 126 Allodial goods are opposed to feus. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. 209 When mention is made of a feu or subfeu, we are not necessarily to understand a grant of lands holden in feu-farm, but a feudal grant in general..unless where the subject treated of naturally confines it to a feu-holding. 2. a. A feudal tenure of land in which the vassal, in place of military service, makes a return of grain or money (opposed to ward n.2 or military holding and blanch n. or holding at a nominal rent); a grant of lands on these conditions; in modern use, a perpetual lease for a fixed rent (= feu-farm n.). Phrases: in, upon feu: subject to such payments or performance of duties; also to hold feu, set into feu. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure by service > by military or knight service > tenure by payment in place of feu1497 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure in feu feu-holding1748 feu1759 1497 in T. Dickson Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1877) I. 315 I resauit fra the Lard of Teling..of the releif of few and blanchferme of the entre of Johne Lord Glammys, thretj thre lib. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 2685 Set into few ȝour temporall lands. 1570 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. xxiii. 30 Thocht thair was sum that tuik thy rowmis in few. 1720 London Gaz. No. 5866/3 A small Part holding Few of the Earl of Strathmore. 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. (1817) II. iii. 74 By granting feus, and perpetual leases of lands. 1826 W. Scott Provinc. Antiq. II. 110 A grant for disposing of it, in feu. 1892 Gladstone in Daily News 25 Mar. 3/4 To hold land upon feu from the landlord. b. A piece of land held ‘in feu’; a holding. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief feec1330 feoffmentc1330 servicec1390 fief1611 feud1614 feudatoryc1660 benefice1753 fee-estate1775 feu1791 feudality1800 fiefdom1814 seigneury1903 1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 375 A small piece, or feu of ground in Fifeshire. 1820 W. Scott Monastery I. i. 82 The vassals of the church..were permitted in comparative quiet to possess their farms and feus. 1864 A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock (ed. 3) 313 On the other side some feus were unoccupied. Compounds C1. General attributive. feu-grant n. ΚΠ a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. 222 The vassal's loss of his feu-grant. feu-parchment n. ΚΠ 1825 W. Scott Let. 12 Oct. (1935) IX. 243 A grim old antiquary..all for parchment, snuff, and..Whisky toddy. feu-rent n. ΚΠ 1866 D. M. Mulock Noble Life xv. 267 Houses..the feu-rents of which made the estate..more valuable every year. feu-system n. ΚΠ 1891 Labour Commission Gloss. The feu system is a custom (in use in Scotland) under which a piece of land is purchased by a perpetual yearly payment. C2. feu-annual n. (see quot. 1710), hence feu-annualer. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > feu duty dutyc1540 feu-annual1551 feu-duty1597 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > rents for specific types of property > one paying feu-annualer1551 1551 Sc. Acts Q. Mary (1597) §10. 134 b The few annuellaris. 1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Annuell In the Actes of Parliament maid be Queene Marie 4 Parlia. 29. Maij c. 10 mention is maid of ground annuell, few annuell and top annuell, quhairof I..am incertaine quhat they do signifie. 1710 J. Dundas Summary View Feudal Law Gloss. 127 Few-annuals, that which is due by the Reddendo of the Property of the Ground, before the House was built within Burgh. feu-charter n. = feu-contract n. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > charter or deed conveying land > deed of enfeoffment feoffment1377 deed of feoffment1545 enfeoffment1614 infeudation1647 feu-chartera1768 feu-contracta1859 a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. 207 The word feu~charter is never made use of but to denote the special tenure by feu-farm. feu-contract n. the contract regulating the giving out of land in feu, between the superior and vassal. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > charter or deed conveying land > deed of enfeoffment feoffment1377 deed of feoffment1545 enfeoffment1614 infeudation1647 feu-chartera1768 feu-contracta1859 a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. lii. 879 The feu-contract is in the nature of a perpetual lease and is in Scotland the usual mode of letting land for building purposes. feu-duty n. the annual rent paid by a vassal to his superior for tenure of lands. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [noun] > feu duty dutyc1540 feu-annual1551 feu-duty1597 1597 Sc. Acts Jas. VI §246 Incase it sal happen..ony vassall or fewar..to failzie in making of payment of his few dewtie. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xvi. 356 Paying a large arrear of feu-duty. feu-holding n. a tenure of lands in feu. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > tenure in feu feu-holding1748 feu1759 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) IV. 39 Converted into Blanch and Feu-holdings. 1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 VI. lxiv. 245 Some of these [beneficiary interests] were mere leases, others were feu-holdings. feu mail n. (mail n.1) ΚΠ 1585 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. 1st Ser. IV. 14 To mak pament of his few maills. feu-right n. the right of holding (land, etc.) in feu. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > [noun] > right of holding in feu feu-right1774 1774 Petition in A. McKay Hist. Kilmarnock App. iii. 305 The reddendo of this feu-right is £7 Scots yearly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). feuadj. = late adj.1 11. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > dead person or the dead > [adjective] > recently dead latea1422 new-dead?a1425 umquhile1431 deceased1490 that wasa1500 feu1813 1813 J. Austen Let. 3 Nov. (1995) 249 The Bru of feu the Archbishop says she cannot pay for it immediately. 1868 C. M. Yonge Chaplet of Pearls II. xliii. 252 Discoursing..on feu M. l'Amiral's saying. 1912 A. Lang Shakespeare, Bacon & Great Unknown v. 113 Mr. Reed, a Baconian of whom Mr. Collins wrote in terms worthy of feu Mr. Bludyer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2018). feuv. transitive. To grant (land) upon feu. Also to feu off, feu out. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant as fief feoffc1290 feu1717 fief1792 1717 D. Defoe Mem. Church of Scotl. ii. 78 Temporalities feu'd to themselves. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 59 He had recourse to wadsetts; or feued off a part of his property at a quit-rent. 1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xiv. 301 A little bit of ground, which he had failed in getting feued out for buildings. 1866 D. M. Mulock Noble Life vii. 109 To find out the exact extent and divisions of his property, and to whom it was feued. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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