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Definition of Forinsec

1. owed to the feudal lord's superior [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forinsec

Literary usage of Forinsec

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Record Series by Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association (1906)
"William de Horton, in Neuton, one carucate of land of the same manor, by homage and forinsec service, and he pays, at the same terms, bd. ..."

2. Lancashire Inquests, Extents, and Feudal Aids by Lancashire (England), William Farrer (1907)
"Adam Page holds one messuage, 10 acres of land by homage, fealty and for forinsec service renders I2d. yearly at Midsummer. ..."

3. The American Historical Review by American historical association (1904)
"The alternative phrase used to describe the tenure of Great Whittington was forinsec service. The natural inference is that Great Whittington was a ..."

4. A Student's Manual of English Constitutional History by Dudley Julius Medley (1907)
"The intrinsec service of the subtenant might, or might not, include the whole or part of the forinsec service, which lay upon the land before his bargain ..."

5. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Public Record Office, Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain (1905)
"... courts and all the forinsec fees which are of the earl of Salisbury and which pertain to those manors, restoring the issues thereof to Joan, ..."

6. The Ancient Laws of Wales: Viewed Especially in Regard to the Light They by Hubert Lewis (1889)
"In that Extent fields and woods which the lord could enclose at pleasure are distinguished from forinsec pastures, or commons and woods in which others had ..."

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