Feudal system - A social structure that existed throughout much of Europe between 800 and 1400 and that revolved around a multi-level hierarchy between lords (who held land granted under tenure from the king), ...
Feudal system
The social structure existing throughout much of Europe between 800 and 1400 C.E., consisting of a multi-level hierarchy of lords (who held land granted under tenure from the king), and their tenants (also called "vassals").
Under the feudal system, every owner of lands held them of some superior lord, from whom or from whose ancestors the tenant had received them. By this connection the lord became bound to protect the tenant in the enjoyment of the land granted to him.
The word "tenant" originated under the feudal system, referring to land "owners" who held their land on tenure granted by a lord. TOP Tenants : in common Similar to joints tenants.
The relics of the feudal system still dominate Scots conveyancing. That system has recognized as many as seven forms of tenure - ward, socage, mortification, feu, blench, burgage, booking.
Fee simple: Freehold estate in land, the most extensive tenure allowed under the feudal system. A person who owns a fee simple estate may sell it, convey it by will or it may be transferred to an heir if the owner dies without leaving a will.
when the feudal system was being broken up as a result of the growth of the towns. The term generally designates three classes—the nobility, the clergy, and the commons.
Escheat is based on the Latin principle of dominion directum as was often used in the feudal system when a tenant died without heirs or if the tenant was convicted of a felony.
An archaic legal word from the feudal system referring to the actual legal transmission of possession of an object to another.
A term of the feudal system which referred to the tenure which was exchanged for certain goods or services which were not military in nature.
The most extensive tenure allowed under the feudal system allowing the tenant to sell or convey by will or be transfer to a heir if the owner dies intestate.
It is the opposite of the feudal system as it supposes no obligation to another (ie. a lord).
When the USA broke away from England, the unfeterred use and charging of land by the owner was a primary objective.
Allodial
A kind of land ownership that is unfetterred, outright and absolute. It is the opposite of the feudal system and supposes no obligation to another (ie. a lord).
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The concept, idea or philosophy of property underlies all property law. In some jurisdictions, historically all property was owned by the monarch and it devolved through feudal land tenure or other feudal systems of loyalty and fealty.
Also influential, however, was Spelman's rediscovery of the existence of the feudal system at the time of Magna Carta, which seemed to have less and less effect on the world of the time.
Latin fidelitas: fides, confidence, trust faith. The oath or obligation of a vassal, under the feudal system, to be faithful to his lord and defend him against all enemies. -1 Bl. Com. 367; id 45, 53; 41 Pa. 499.
 See also: Law, Will, Property, Court, Person
  
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