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property; possession; tenure. |
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Reward or compensation for services rendered or to be
rendered; especially, payment for professional services, of optional
amount, or fixed by custom or laws; charge; pay; perquisite; as, the
fees of lawyers and physicians; the fees of office; clerk's fees;
sheriff's fees; marriage fees, etc. |
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A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for
services to be performed; also, the land so held; a fief. |
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An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately
or immediately from the sovereign, and absolutely vested in the owner. |
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An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, and
transmissible to his heirs, absolutely and simply, without condition
attached to the tenure. |
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To reward for services performed, or to be performed; to
recompense; to hire or keep in hire; hence, to bribe. |
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