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- noun Plural form of
feod .
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Examples
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Roger Wither, John Fitz-Gadway, serventes de feods, to have their
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These jaghires, like other fees and like other feods, were given in land, as a maintenance: some with the condition of service, some without any condition; some were annexed to an office, some were granted as the support of a dignity, and none were granted for a less term than life, except those that were immediately annexed to a lease.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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We are farther to tell your Lordships, that by the custom of the empire they are almost all grown, as the feods in Europe are grown, by use, into something which is at least virtually an inheritance.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 12 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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