A free and gratuitous right to lands made to one for service to be performed by him; a tenure where the vassal, in place of military services, makes a return in grain or in money
{i} right to use property or land for an annual payment (in Scotland); feudalistic land
a Scottish property on offer feudal a Scottish term for a property and land offered for sale for life without restrictions first adjustment when you can expect the first interest rate adjustment in your loan - usually for a fixed or capped rate mortgage first mortgage not the first mortgage a person takes out, but rather a mortgage that is the first 'charge' (or debt) against a property fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) a mortgage in which the interest rate does not change during part or all of the term of the loan
while Platte was rolling over and over on the turf, like a shot rabbit, the watch and guard flew from his waistcoat—as an Infantry Major's sword hops out of the scabbard when they are firing a feu-de-joie.
(French: "Cross of Fire") French political movement (1927-36). Originally an organization of World War I veterans, it espoused ultranationalistic views with vaguely fascist overtones. Under François de la Rocque (1885-1946), it organized popular demonstrations in reaction to the Stavisky Affair, hoping to overthrow the government. It subsequently lost prestige and was dissolved by the Popular Front government in 1936