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Form of freehold land ownership
In English law, a fee simple (pl. fees simple) is one of the estates in land recognised at common law. A "fee" is a vested, heritable, present possessory
Fee_simple
Form of trust in English common law
ownership of the property in 'fee simple'; the 'tenant in tail' can look forward to enjoying the property in 'fee simple' when the tenant in possession
Fee_tail
Estate created when land is transferred conditionally
defeasible estates are the fee simple determinable, the fee simple subject to an executory limitation or interest, and the fee simple subject to a condition
Defeasible_estate
Value of a person's assets minus their liabilities
estates may be either fee simple absolute or defeasible (i.e. subject to future conditions) like fee simple determinable and fee simple subject to condition
Estate_(law)
2025 BC Supreme Court land claim decision
private. Further, the Court ruled that the government's granting of private fee simple titles "unjustifiably infringe" the Cowichan's Aboriginal title. The Court
Cowichan_Tribes_v._Canada
fief or fiefdom, meaning a feudal landholding, and a fee farm grant is similar to a fee simple in the sense that it gives the grantee the right to hold
Fee_farm_grant
Legal regime in which area owned by an individual is held by another person
Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States) being in fee simple. Allodial title is inalienable, in that it may be conveyed, devised, gifted
Land_tenure
Common mode of ownership of real property
determined, it cannot be a freehold. It is "An estate in land held in fee simple, fee tail or for term of life." The default position subset is the perpetual
Freehold_(law)
Right granted by overlord to vassal, central element of feudalism
Book of Fees, a scholarly collection of fiefs Brahmadeya, a royal fief given to a Brahmin for service to an Indian king. Enfeoffment Fee simple Fee tail
Fief
Ownership independent of a superior
defense of the land. Most property ownership in common law jurisdictions is fee simple. In the United States, the land is subject to eminent domain by federal
Allodial_title
Transfer of land under feudalism
could be made of fees of various feudal tenures, such as fee-tail or fee-simple. The term feoffment derives from a conflation of fee with off (meaning
Feoffment
Legal power of a government to take private property for public use
qualitatively (either partially in fee simple or, commonly, an easement, or any other interest less than the full fee simple title). The term "eminent domain"
Eminent_domain
Concept in English and Welsh property law
fee simple fee simple absolute—most rights, least limitations, indefeasible defeasible estate—voidable possession and use fee simple determinable fee
Estate_in_land
Legal term; property consisting of land and the buildings on it
Remainder: A remainder arises when a tenant with a fee simple grants someone a life estate or conditional fee simple, and specifies a third party to whom the land
Real_property
Renunciation or transfer of land rights
some other person. For example, a tenant in possession might acquire a fee simple in the land from a superior landowner such as a freeholder. In such a
Quitclaim
15th century English legal case
freehold or copyhold property held in fee tail, which could not be freely sold or disposed of, into an estate in fee simple, which could be disposed without
Taltarum's_Case
Interest in real property that has the potential to last forever
under which a base fee might be enlarged into a fee simple by the owner remaining in possession for 12 years. Another example of a base fee is an estate descendible
Base_fee
Legal mechanisms used to secure the performance of obligations
under right of reversion. The borrower (reverser) conveyed by charter a fee simple estate, in consideration of a loan, to the lender (wadsetter) who on redemption
Mortgage_law
Legal rule prohibiting very long temporary interests in property
so long as alcohol is not sold on the premises." This would create a fee simple determinable in A, with a possibility of reverter in the grantor (or the
Rule_against_perpetuities
Form of ownership of real property
the state and its applicable laws. Condominiums are usually owned in fee simple title, but can be owned in ways that other real estate can be owned, such
Condominium
Agricultural laborer or farmer with limited land ownership
serfs, and free tenants. Peasants might hold title to land outright (fee simple), or by any of several forms of land tenure, among them socage, quit-rent
Peasant
Ownership of land for the duration of a person's life
is, a life estate owner cannot give complete and indefinite ownership (fee simple) to another person because the life tenant's ownership in the property
Life_estate
Ownership of a temporary right to hold land or property
sold on the open market. A leasehold thus differs from a freehold or fee simple where the ownership of a property is purchased outright and after that
Leasehold_estate
Obsolete proceedings in English land law
estate held in fee tail, which restricted ownership and other rights to specified direct descendants of the original owner, into fee simple ownership that
Common_recovery
Process of developing an opinion of value for real property
Leased fee value – This is simply the fee simple interest encumbered by a lease. If the lease is at market rent, then the leased fee value and the fee simple
Real_estate_appraisal
condition subsequent, this creates a defeasible fee called a fee simple subject to condition subsequent. In such a fee, the future interest is called a "right
Condition_subsequent
Legal process where a lender recoups an unpaid loan
redemption and take both legal and equitable title to the property in fee simple. Other lien holders can also foreclose the owner's right of redemption
Foreclosure
1906 amendment to the Dawes Act
assess whether individuals were "competent and capable" before giving them fee simple patents to their allotted land. Because the federal government believed
Burke_Act
Right to property taking effect later
condition is violated. The possibility of reverter can only follow a fee simple determinable. Example: "O grants Blackacre to A as long as A refrains
Future_interest
1581 common law rule relating to land
estate is limited either mediately or immediately to his heirs in fee simple or in fee tail; that always in such cases, "the heirs" are words of limitation
Rule_in_Shelley's_Case
In property law, a future interest created in a transferee
of years or the death of a life tenant. A future interest following a fee simple absolute cannot be a remainder because of the preceding infinite duration
Remainder_(law)
Real right in civil law for limited use
Cestui que Classical liberalism Common ownership Dominium Dower Easement Fee simple Four Fs (legal) Freedom to roam Freehold (law) Geolibertarianism Georgism
Usufruct
most states, full ownership of land is known as fee simple, fee simple absolute, or fee. Fee simple refers to a present interest in the land, which continues
Property law in the United States
Property_law_in_the_United_States
English laws concerning family property
The son's eldest son who was entitled to the fee tail could by barring the entail create a fee simple and bring the settlement to an end. He was not
Settled_Land_Acts
Legal rights that protect ownership of property
under common law) the fullest possible title to real estate is called "fee simple absolute." Even the US federal government's ownership of land is restricted
Bundle_of_rights
Property which can be moved from one location to another
within the boundaries of the jurisdiction. Automobile and boat registration fees are a subset of this tax. Most household goods are exempt as long as they
Personal_property
Property with a particular form of ownership or use rights
and make them fee simple ownership transactions. This meant that in addition to the price of the owner's vacation week, a maintenance fee and a homeowners
Timeshare
Deed or lease clause defining the type of interest conveyed to the grantee
the granting clause and specifies the estate being conveyed — whether fee simple, life estate, leasehold, or another form of ownership interest — along
Habendum_clause
Land, including its buildings and resources
Alienation Conquest Discovery Estates in land Allodial title Freehold Fee simple Fee tail Life estate Defeasible estate Leasehold estate Land tenure Future
Real_estate
Solemn promise to engage in or refrain from a specified action
[if unregistered and not leasehold, then the presumption it is of the fee simple] [If involving a lease] (a) that the lease is subsisting at the time of
Covenant_(law)
Right to use or enter real property
for a period of time defined by statute or appellate case law Unlike fee simple adverse possession, prescriptive easements typically do not require exclusivity
Easement
"Control" or "ownership" in Latin
exhaust its resources. This is to be distinguished from allodial right or fee simple (dominium plenum) and the right retained by the grantor of the life estate
Dominium
In law, name for a fictitious estate
school or bar exam question on real property might say: Adam, owner of a fee simple in Blackacre, conveyed the property "to Bill for life, remainder to Charles
Blackacre
Land registration and land transfer system
the vendor conveyed the fee-simple estate to P1, but retained the title deeds and fraudulently purported to convey the fee-simple estate to P2. The latter
Torrens_title
English common law rule on natural resources
possessory interest (similar to a fee simple) in the substances beneath their land, but their ownership is a determinable fee subject to the rule of capture
Rule_of_capture
US legislative act regulating Native American tribal lands
"mixed-blood" were "deeded larger and better tracts of land, with 'patents in fee simple' (complete control), but were also forced to accept U.S. citizenship and
Dawes_Act
Future interest that is retained by the grantor
of an estate of a lesser quantum than he has (such as the owner of a fee simple granting a life estate or a leasehold estate). Once the lesser estate
Reversion_(law)
Bundle of rights to a property
as a part of ownership transfer. Paramount title is the best title in fee simple available for the true owner. The person who is owner of real property
Title_(property)
British colony in North America (1681–1776)
English king for wartime bonds. The younger Penn received the colony in fee simple, on the condition that he pay "free and comon Socage, by fealty only for
Province_of_Pennsylvania
Feudal unit ruled by a lord
Quia Emptores (1290), which forbade the future creation of estates in fee-simple by subinfeudation. The only seignories of any importance at present are
Lordship
English feudal social class
to mean a freeholder; that is, one who holds title to real property in fee simple. In the 14th and 15th centuries, franklin was "the designation of a class
Franklin_(class)
Lordship granted over an estate
to the rights which a grantor retains after the grant of an estate in fee simple. Nulle terre sans seigneur ("No land without a lord") was a feudal legal
Seignory
First country to recognize aboriginal title
Aboriginal title is distinct from the lands Native Americans own in fee simple and occupy under federal trust. The power of Congress to extinguish aboriginal
Aboriginal title in the United States
Aboriginal_title_in_the_United_States
joint tenancy, both X and Y's interests must be in fee simple absolute. If, for example, X has a fee simple absolute and Y has a life estate, there is no unity
Four_unities
Real Estate Board Federal Reserve System Fee simple Fee simple absolute Fee simple determinable Fee simple subject to condition subsequent Feudal system
Index_of_real_estate_articles
Court case interpreting the Third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
National Guard. Third, the protections of the Third Amendment apply beyond fee simple homeownership. This holding interprets the Third Amendment as protecting
Engblom_v._Carey
private land ownership exists primarily through provincially regulated fee simple tenure systems, particularly in urban and agricultural areas. Indigenous
Land_ownership_in_Canada
English statute of 1290
property of a judgment debtor" The terms "fee", "fee tail", "fee tail estate", "fee tail tenant", "fee simple" and the like are essentially the same as
Quia_Emptores
Changing of laws, regulations, or customs regarding land ownership
in real property that ends at death. Fee tail, hereditary, non-transferable ownership of real property. Fee simple. Under common law, this is the most
Land_reform
Form of indemnity insurance
Pennsylvania in 1853. Typically the real property interests insured are fee simple ownership or a mortgage. However, title insurance can be purchased to
Title_insurance
1981 United States Supreme Court case
retained the power to regulate hunting and fishing on tribal lands owned in fee-simple by a non-tribal member. First, the Court held that Montana held title
Montana_v._United_States
estates such as fee simple estates. However, aboriginal title does confer ownership rights similar to those associated with a fee simple. In Tsilhqot’in
Aboriginal land title in Canada
Aboriginal_land_title_in_Canada
Tract or parcel of land that is owned
government, or trust. A common form of ownership of a plot is called fee simple in some countries. A small area of land that is empty except for a paved
Land_lot
Lake in California and Nevada, United States
the shorezone of a lake in fee simple to the low watermark of the lake in its current condition; however, their fee simple title in the shorezone was
Lake_Tahoe
English jurist, judge, and politician (1723–1780)
Antiquaries in February 1761, and A Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee Simple, which was later used, almost verbatim, as chapters 14 and 15 of the Commentaries
William_Blackstone
Concept in English law regarding beneficiaries
James in fee simple. Only Richard had a legal estate, the interests of Jasper and James being equitable analogues of a legal fee tail and fee simple in remainder
Cestui_que
Person holding land directly of the king
abolished in 1646 and the whole system of feudal tenure – except for fee simple – was abolished by the Tenures Abolition Act 1660. Look up tenant-in-chief
Tenant-in-chief
Court case involving Rail to Trails programs in Vermont
an abandonment order. The railroad company had bought the land under a fee simple contract, meaning they legally owned the land. However it was an incorrect
Preseault_v._United_States
Topics referred to by the same term
or fief, fiefdom Fee simple, a form of estate in land in common law Fee tail, a tenure of an entailed estate in land Knight's fee, a fief large enough
Fee_(disambiguation)
Condominium operated as a hotel
single family homes in the same resort market. Condo hotels units are fee simple deeded real estate, and can be bought and sold like other forms of real
Condo_hotel
Concept in common law of indigenous land rights persisting after colonization
specific, enumerated purposes, or a general right to use which approximates fee simple. It is common ground among the relevant jurisdictions that aboriginal
Aboriginal_title
Legal allowance to construct cellular towers over property
– Fee Simple Purchase – Basically, it's a real estate transaction. Fee Simple or Fee Simple Absolute is the most complete form of ownership. A Fee Simple
Telecommunications_lease
Country in Oceania
under state lease or is government land. Freehold title (also known as fee simple) can only be held by Papua New Guinean citizens. Papua New Guinea is one
Papua_New_Guinea
American neobank based in Portland, Oregon
interest on customer deposits and through the collection of interchange fees. Simple mobile apps became available for iOS and Android in May 2011 and January
Simple_(bank)
State taking ownership of 'unowned' land
the tenant of a fee (or "fief") died without an heir or committed a felony. In the case of such demise of a tenant-in-chief, the fee reverted to the King's
Escheat
Principle of feudal systems
land of former feudal or feudal-like origin such as land with modern fee simple title, as opposed to land with allodial or udal title.[citation needed]
Nulle_terre_sans_seigneur
Security on property or debt
and the service rendered. A special lien can only be exercised regarding fees relating to the instant transaction; the lienor cannot use the property held
Lien
15th-century skirmishes in northern England
reversion of the remainder. This grant was then converted into one in fee simple two years later, further reducing the likelihood of the Percys reclaiming
Percy–Neville_feud
15th-century English nobleman
Traditionally, those condemned of treason lost the estates they held in fee simple, but not that which was entailed for their wives or heirs. The Coventry
Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury
Richard_Neville,_5th_Earl_of_Salisbury
Canadian indigenous legislation
British Columbia (2018 BCSC 822). The defendant argued that grants of fee simple issued before 1982 had extinguished any Aboriginal title that might have
Extinguishment of Aboriginal title in Canada
Extinguishment_of_Aboriginal_title_in_Canada
Indigenous people in the Americas
a survey of the Kickapoo lands, which could be used as the basis for fee-simple allotment, and it granted a railroad right-of-way across the reservation
Mexican_Kickapoo
Topics referred to by the same term
Telegraph columnist Simple E (Erica Williams), singer-songwriter Simple Kid (Ciaran McFeely), Irish-born musical artist s1mple (Oleksandr Kostyliev), professional
Simple
2024 referendum
certain sixteenth section and indemnity school land that is owned in fee simple by the Franklin County school system, is located in Fayette County and
November 2024 Alabama Amendment 1
November_2024_Alabama_Amendment_1
nonforest uses. It provides federal funding for conservation easements and fee simple purchases. To ascertain and protect environmentally important forest areas
Forest_Legacy_Program
Neighbourhood of Calgary in Alberta, Canada
titles under 99-year leases, as the university is required to retain the fee simple title to the lands. "ASSIGNMENT OF LEASE". Retrieved Dec 15, 2024. 51°04′41″N
University_District,_Calgary
transfer fee does "diminish the value", the private transfer fee itself does not act as a direct restraint on alienation of the fee simple estate to
Private_transfer_fee
Proclamation of the Habsburg monarchy
Hungarian estates claimed that their peasants were not serfs, but "tenants in fee simple, who were fully informed as to their rights and duties by precise contracts"
Serfdom_Patent_(1781)
Specialist area of property management
General secretarial tasks Body corporate fees (also called levies) are a mandatory part of strata living. These fees are payable to the body corporate or
Strata_management
1989 novel by Charles Palliser
turns on an aspect of inheritance law - the distinction between a fee simple and a base fee with a remainderman. Another crucial point is the timing of John
The_Quincunx
Island in British Columbia, Canada
result of the Nisga'a Treaty and is no longer an Indian Reserve, but is fee-simple. Western LNG, a Houston-based company, with the Nisga’a Nation and Rockies
Pearse_Island
Native American people
the only Indians on the Eastern Shore to be granted a reservation in fee simple by the English colonial government. The Choptank were a subdivision of
Choptank_people
Concept of public international law
Alienation Conquest Discovery Estates in land Allodial title Freehold Fee simple Fee tail Life estate Defeasible estate Leasehold estate Land tenure Future
Discovery_doctrine
also refers to a grantor's power to retake real estate from a grantee in the case of a fee simple subject to condition subsequent. right of entry v t e
Right_of_entry
Reserve of Tsawwassen First Nation
Tsawwassen Lands, which were extinguished as an Indian Reserve and are now fee-simple land holdings since the Tsawwassen Treaty, effective April 3, 2009, are
Tsawwassen_Lands
Type of legal instrument in Common law
and includes simple grants and appointments. In some jurisdictions, specialties have a liability limitation period of double that of a simple contract and
Deed
Property rights adjacent to waterways
also include the right to acquire accretion and the right to boomage (a fee charge for securing a boom, generally for the retention of logs). Duties
Riparian_water_rights
Lillie Langtry's husband (1847–1897)
24 December 1852. Retrieved 9 April 2019. "Mansion House and Lands in Fee Simple for Sale". Belfast News-Letter. 28 January 1859. Retrieved 9 April 2019
Edward_Langtry
Instrument to create security interest in real estate
enforce shifting fees or springing freehold interests (that is, a gage for years that was supposed to automatically expand to fee simple title if the underlying
Deed_of_trust_(real_estate)
British landowner, businessman, aristocrat and Territorial Army officer (1951–2016)
controlled their Estate income absolutely, the capital value was held ‘in fee simple' by the trustees.' The Grosvenor family became very rich as a result of
Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster
Gerald_Grosvenor,_6th_Duke_of_Westminster
Island in South Carolina, United States
passed down until the third generation, when they would become considered fee simple ownerships. Gibbs died at a young age; it is assumed that her father,
Kiawah_Island,_South_Carolina
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Surname or Lastname
English and German
English and German : topographic name for someone who lived by the sea-shore or beside a lake, from Middle English see ‘sea’, ‘lake’ (Old English sǣ), Middle High German sē. Alternatively, the English name may denote someone who lived by a watercourse, from an Old English sēoh ‘watercourse’, ‘drain’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Gee.Korean : variant of Chi.
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : from a short form of the personal name Piet, Dutch form of Peter.English (West Midlands) : variant of Pea.
Male
English
English unisex short form of longer names beginning with the letter "D." In some cases, it may be of Scottish origin, associated with the River Dee, possibly DEE means "dark water." Compare with strictly feminine Dee.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly East Anglia)
English (chiefly East Anglia) : nickname or status name from Old English frēo ‘free(-born)’, i.e. not a serf.North German : topographic or habitational name from a place named Frede or Frede(n).North German : nickname from a variant of Middle Low German wrēd ‘crooked’.
Surname or Lastname
Irish and Scottish
Irish and Scottish : reduced form of McGee, Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Aodha ‘son of Aodh’ (see McCoy).English : this is a common name in northern England, of uncertain origin. The existence of a patronymic form Geeson points to a personal name, but this has not been satisfactorily identified. It may in fact be the Irish or Scottish name in an English context.French (Gée) : habitational name from any of several places called Gé or Gée, for example in Maine-et-Loire, derived from the Gallo-Roman domain name Gaiacum.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Fay, FAE means "fairy."
Surname or Lastname
Scottish
Scottish : reduced form of McBee, a variant of McBeth.English : from Middle English be ‘bee’, Old English bēo, hence a nickname for an energetic or active person or a metonymic occupational name for a beekeeper. Compare Beeman 2.
Surname or Lastname
Welsh
Welsh : nickname for a swarthy person, from Welsh du ‘dark’, ‘black’.Irish : variant of Daw 3.English and Scottish : habitational name from a settlement on the banks of the river Dee in Cheshire or either of the rivers so named in Scotland. The origin of both of these is a Celtic word meaning ‘sacred’, ‘goddess’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fay.Southern French : topographic name for someone who lived by a beech tree or beech wood.German : nickname for a vagrant, from Middle High German vēhe ‘enmity’, ‘strife’.German : from a popular medieval pet form of the female personal name Sophie, honored as a martyr and saint.Danish : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood’ or ‘glade’.English : habitational name from any of the many places named with Old English lēah ‘wood’, ‘glade’, as for example Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.Irish : reduced Americanized form of Ó Laoidhigh ‘descendant of Laoidheach’, a personal name derived from laoidh ‘poem’, ‘song’ (originally a byname for a poet).Americanized spelling of Norwegian Li or Lie.Chinese : variant of Li 1.Chinese : variant of Li 2.Chinese : variant of Li 3.Korean : variant of Yi.Lee is a prominent VA family name brought over in 1641 by Richard Lee (d. 1664), a VA planter and legislator. His great-grandsons included the brothers Arthur, Francis L., Richard Henry, and William Lee, all prominent American Revolution legislators and diplomats.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Rye 1 and 2.Norwegian : habitational name from any of six farmsteads named Re, the name being derived from an unattested Old Norse word meaning ‘long narrow gravel ridge’.Korean : variant of Yi.
Female
Hebrew
(ש×ִיר-לִי) Hebrew name SHIR-LEE means "song is mine."
Female
Hebrew
(×ï‹×¨-לִי) Hebrew name OR-LEE means "light is mine."
Boy/Male
Irish
From laoi “â€poemâ€â€ or from the River Lee, the river which runs through County Cork. (See also Finbar.) It is currently popular as a given name for boys.
Surname or Lastname
English (Wiltshire and Cambridgeshire)
English (Wiltshire and Cambridgeshire) : unexplained.
Male
English
English surname transferred to unisex forename use, from the Old English word leah, LEE means "meadow."Â
Female
English
English unisex short form of longer names beginning with the letter "D." In some cases, it may be of Scottish origin, associated with the River Dee, possibly DEE means "dark water." Short form of English Deena, meaning "dean, head, leader."
Surname or Lastname
English (Yorkshire)
English (Yorkshire) : variant of Tye.
Female
English
Pet form of English Beatrix, BEE means "voyager (through life)."
FEE SIMPLE
FEE SIMPLE
Female
Norse
Old Norse name VERÃANDI means "present; that which is happening; in the making." In mythology, this is the name of one of the three Norns, a goddess of destiny. The other two are Skuld ("future") and Urðr ("fate; that which happened").Â
Girl/Female
Australian, French, German, Greek, Latin
Constancy; Steadfastness
Girl/Female
Muslim
Mercy
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
One who brings good luck
Female
Hebrew
(חֶפְצִי-בָּהּ) Variant spelling of Hebrew Chephtsiy-bahh, CHEFTZI-BA means "she is my desire."Â
Male
Egyptian
, a great Egyptian governor.
Boy/Male
English
From the Welshman's ford.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Blue, Enchanting Moon
Girl/Female
Hebrew
Dearly loved.
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Modern
Purity
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n.
That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See Lee, a.
n.
A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief.
n.
An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner.
n.
A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.
v. t. & i.
See Gee.
imp. & p. p.
of Feed
n.
See Rei.
n. pl.
See Kie, Ky, and Kine.
n. pl.
See Foot.
imp. & p. p.
of Fee
p. p., fem.
Born; -- a term sometimes used in introducing the name of the family to which a married woman belongs by birth; as, Madame de Stael, nee Necker.
superl.
Certain or honorable; the opposite of base; as, free service; free socage.
n.
property; possession; tenure.
superl.
Privileged or individual; the opposite of common; as, a free fishery; a free warren.
n.
An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition attached to the tenure.
v. t.
To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe.
n.
Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees; sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc.
n. pl.
Feet.
n.
See 1st Pea.