FEU
\fjˈuː], \fjˈuː], \f_j_ˈuː]\
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(in Scotland) A tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money; a sale of land for a stipulated annual payment, esp. for building on.
By Daniel Lyons
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In Scot., a conditional allotment of land; property in land held of a superior on payment of a certain annual sum.
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To grant a perpetual right to a portion of land on which tenements may be erected, subject to an annual payment called the feu or feuduty.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.