Definition and Citations:
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