- 1. n. The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Source: opted
- 2. The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Burrill. Blackstone. Source: webster
- 3. The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which heconsents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord orsuperior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreementof a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as hislandlord. Burrill. Blackstone. Source: adambom
- 4. n. The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord. Source: ecdict
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