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  • 31Fee estate — Fee Fee (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of property, money, arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting… …

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  • 32Fee farm — Fee Fee (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of property, money, arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting… …

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  • 33Fee farm rent — Fee Fee (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of property, money, arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting… …

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  • 34Fee fund — Fee Fee (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of property, money, arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting… …

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  • 35Fee simple — Fee Fee (f[=e]), n. [OE. fe, feh, feoh, cattle, property, money, fief, AS. feoh cattle, property, money; the senses of property, money, arising from cattle being used in early times as a medium of exchange or payment, property chiefly consisting… …

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  • 36tail, estate in — n. Inheritance that must be passed on to the recipient’s children and grandchildren in a direct line. See also fee tail The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008. tail, estate in …

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  • 37Tail (disambiguation) — Tail describes the rear portion of an animal s body, especially as a flexible appendage.Tail may also refer to: * Tail (Unix), a Unix program used to display the last few lines of a file * Tails (Lisa Loeb album), a 1994 album by Lisa Loeb * Tail …

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  • 38fee — [fē] n. [ME, estate, fief, payment < Anglo Fr (< OFr feu, fief < Gmc, as in OHG feho, fihu, akin to OE feoh) < IE base * pek > OE feoh, cattle, property] 1. a) Historical heritable land held from a feudal lord in return for… …

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  • 39fee — late 13c., from O.Fr. fieu, fief fief, possession, holding, domain; feudal duties, payment, from M.L. feodum land or other property whose use is granted in return for service, widely said to be from Frank. *fehu od payment estate, or a similar… …

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  • 40estate in fee-tail — See tail, estate in …

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