Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.
  • Ballentine's Law Dictionary

    Free; not held subordinate; opposed to feudal.

  • Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

    Free; not holden of any lord or superior; owned without obligation of vassalage or fcalty; the opposite of feudal. Barker v. Dayton. 28 Win. 384; Wallace v. Harmstad, 44 Pa. 499.