impartible fee
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impartible feud — A feud or fee which was so conditioned in its creation that it could only descend to the eldest son. See 2 Bl Comm 215 … Ballentine's law dictionary
feudum individuum — An impartible feud or fee; that is, a feud or fee so made that it could descend only to the eldest son. See 2 Bl Comm 215 … Ballentine's law dictionary
fief — An estate in fee in real property, otherwise known as a feud; an inheritable estate. Dowdel v Hamm (Pa) 2 Watts 61, 65. Under the feudal system, an estate held by the performance of services for the grantor; a tenure by service rendered a… … Ballentine's law dictionary