feudist
feudist n. (1)封建法学者 (2)结下世仇者；参与家族复仇者
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conquest
conquest. 1. Int’l law. An act of force by which, during a war, a belligerent occupies territory within an enemy country with the intention of extending its sovereignty over that territory. • That intention is usu. explained in a proclamation or some other legal act. 2. Hist. The acquisition of land by any method other
feodum
feodum (fee-[schwa]-d[schwa]m orfyoo-d[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Hist. 1. A fee; a heritable estate. “Feodum … A fee; the same as feudum. This is the word uniformly employed by Glanville and Bracton to denote an estate of inheritance, and an estate held of another by service, instead of feudum, which is invariably used by the continental feudists.”
manhood
manhood. 1. A male person’s majority. 2. Hist. A ceremony of a vassal paying homage to the vassal’s lord. — Also termed homagium. “Besides an oath of fealty, or profession of faith to the lord, which was the parent of our oath of allegiance, the vassal or tenant upon investiture did usually homage to his