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FIEF, or FEUD(law)

fief (iou)



fief noun & verb. [fi:f] E17.
[Old & mod. French: see FEE noun2. Cf. FEOFF verb.]
A. noun. = FEE noun2 1a. Also, one's sphere of operation or control. E17.
J. Clavell I served Lord Yoshi Chikitada..when the clan's fief was no bigger than this village. H. Wilson It is his fief, an appointive bureaucracy.
B. verb trans. Grant as a fief. Only in L18.
fiefdom noun a fief E19.