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The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.

The feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages.

The medieval European system of land - tenure on condition of military service. feudal system.

n. The feudal system; the principles and constitution of feuds or lands held on condition of subjection and service to the superior.