A certain portion of the produce of the land due by the grantee to the lordaccording to the terms of the charter. Spel. Feuds, c. 7.

Wild beasts.

Lat. Of a wild nature or disposition. Animals which are by naturewild are so designated, by way of distinction from such as are naturally tame, the latterbeing called “domitir natures.” Fleet v.

Ital. A kind of small vessel or boat. Mentioned in old Scotch law, andcalled “fercost.” Skene.

A fardel-land; ten acres; or perhaps a yard-land. Cowell.FERDFARE. Sax. A summons to serve in the army. An acquittance from going intothe army. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47,

A term denoting, apparently, a freeman of the lowest class, being named after the cotscti.

In Roman law. Holidays; generally speaking, days or seasons during whichfree-born Romans suspended their political transactions and their lawsuits, and duringwhich slaves enjoyed a cessation from labor, all ferice were thus dies

In old records. The fourth part of a penny; also the quarter of a ward in a borough.

A furlong. Co. Litt 56.

A house or land, or both, let by lease. Cowell.

A farm; a rent; a lease; a house or land, or both, taken by indenture orlease. Plowd. 195; Vicat. See FARM.

Beverages produced by, or which have undergone, a process of alcoholic fermentation, to which they owe their intoxicating properties, including beer, wine, hard cider, and the like, but not spirituous or distilled

A lessee: a farmer. One who holds a term, whether of lands oran incorporeal right, such as customs or revenue.

In old records. A place In monasteries, where they received the poor,(hospicio cxcipicbant,) and gave them provisions, (fcrm, firma.) Spelman. Hence themodern infirmary, used iu the sense of a hospital.

In old English law. A waste ground, or place where fern grows. Cowell.

The toll or fare paid for the transportation of persons and property across a ferry.Literally speaking, it is the price or fare fixed by law for the transportation of thetraveling public, witli

In old pleading. An Iron mine. Townsh. PI. 273.

A liberty to have a boat upon a river for the transportation of men, horses,and carriages with their contents, for a reasonable toll. The term is also used to designatethe place where

In old English law. Grand holidays, on which choirs wore caps. Jacob.Festinatio justitise est noverca infor- tunii. Hob. 97. Hasty justice Is the stepmother of misfortune.

In old English law. A frank-pledge, or one who was surety for thegood behavior of another. Monasteries enjoyed the privilege of being “free from festingmen.”which means that they were “not bound for