单词 | rere-fief |
释义 | † rere-fiefn. Obsolete. = arrière-fief n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > subfief under-fee1594 arrière fee1615 subfeu1681 arrière-fief1716 subinfeudation1725 sub-fief1729 rere-fief1761 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. to Henry VII I. xi. 358 The dutchy of Brittany..was usually regarded as a rere-fief of Normandy. 1766 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. II. 57 These inferior feudatories (who held what are called in the Scots law ‘rere-fiefs’). 1792 ‘J. Gifford’ Hist. France III. 104 He allowed them [sc. the citizens of Beauvais] to hold fiefs, and rere-fiefs, exempt from the usual contributions, and from all the services attached to that species of possession. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1761 |
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