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FIEF [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2014-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The interest of the feudal tenant. [Jowitt, p. 783].

OBS

"Feodum" originally meant land granted in consideration of services to be rendered, as opposed to "allodium," or land held absolutely. [Jowitt's, p. 779].

Key term(s)
  • feudum

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

Terme historique qui désigne le bien-fonds ou les terres soumises au régime féodal ainsi que l'intérêt du tenant féodal.

OBS

fief : qualifiant ce terme d'historique, le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO) n'a pas tenu à le normaliser.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

"Fee" was applied to property to denote that it had the quality of descending to the heirs of the owner for the time being if he did not dispose of it during his life or by his will, supposing he had power to do so. Thus an office or annuity in fee is one which descends to the heir of the holder for the time being on his death intestate. (Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 778).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

en fief : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

fief; terre féodale : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

"Fee" was applied to property to denote that it had the quality of descending to the heirs of the owner for the time being if he did not dispose of it during his life or by his will, supposing he had power to do so. The term is chiefly of importance as applied to land, estates of inheritance in land being called estates in fee. (Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 778).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

domaine en fief; domaine héréditaire; fief : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

Something over which one dominant person or group exercises control.

OBS

In a figurative sense, the terms stronghold, fiefdom and fief may be used as synonyms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Au sens figuré, les termes place forte, bastion et fief peuvent être utilisés comme synonymes.

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economics
OBS

Main title reproduced from the document "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the authorization of UNESCO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Économique
OBS

Vedette principale extraite du document intitulé «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Economía
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Record 7 2001-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
OBS

Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
OBS

Ministère de la Consommation et du Commerce.

Spanish

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Record 8 1991-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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