Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scots law, a fief held of a superior feudatory; an under-fief, held by an under-tenant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scots Law) A fief held of a superior feudatory; a fief held by an under tenant.
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- noun Scotland, law A
fief held of asuperior feudatory ; a fief held by anundertenant .
Etymologies
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French arrière-fief. See rear hinder, and fief.
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