What is REREFIEFS?

In Scotch law. Inferior fiefs; portions of a fief or feud granted out to inferior tenants. 2 Bl. Comm. 57. Rerum ordo oonfunditnr si nnicuique jurisdictio non servetur. 4 Inst. Proem. The order of things is confounded if every one preserve not his jurisdiction. RERUM PR0GRESSU8 1023

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Related Legal Terms
ARRIERE FIEF, OR FEE, DENOMBREMENT, FEOD, ORWIGE, SINE WITA, DIGESTA, FEUDUM, BENEFICIUM, CATALLA, QUADRIENNIUM, FIERDING COURTS


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