fee
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5. a. In feudal law, an estate in land granted by a lord to his vassal on condition of homage and service. Also called feud2, fief. b. The land so held.
verb
feed, feeing, fees
in fee Law
In absolute and legal possession.
[Middle English fe, from Anglo-Norman fee, fief, from Old French fie, fief, of Germanic origin.]