feu adjective.
[fæ] E19.[French.]Of a person: deceased, late.
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feu noun & verb.
[fju:] L15. [Old French: see FEE noun2.]Scots Law.
A. noun.
1. Orig., a feudal tenure in which land is granted by one person to another in return for an annual payment in place of military service. Now, a perpetual lease for a fixed sum.
L15.in feu,
upon feu (of tenured land) subject to certain payments or services.
b. A piece of land held in feu.
L18.2. Hist. =
FEE noun2 1a.
E17.
Comb.:
feu duty the annual sum payable on a feudal tenure.
b. verb trans. Grant (land) on feu.
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