Fee

fe, n. Property; po e ion; reward for services, esp. payment for profe ional services charge. (Feud. Law.) A right to the use of a superior's land, as a stipend for services to be performed; land so held; a (Eng. Law.) An estate of inheritance supposed to be held either mediately or immediately from the sovereign. (Amer. Law.) An estate of inheritance belonging to the owner, without condition attached to the tenure. — v. [feed (fed), feeing.] To reward for services, recompense, hire, bribe. [AS./eo, Ic./e, Dan. and Sw.fse, Goth. faihu, OHG. fihu, L. pec us, cattle, property, D. vee, Skr. pagu, cattle, — cattle being orig. a medium of exchange; pact, pecuniary.] — Fee'-farm, n. ILaw.) Land held of another in fee, at an annual farm or rent; estate in fee-simple, subject to a perpetual rent. sim'ple, n. An absolute fee; fee without conditions or limits. — Fief, fef, n. An estate held on condition of military service; fee; feud. [F., f LL. feudum. See Feud.] — Feoff, fef, n. A — v. [feoffed (feft), -fing.] To invest with a fee or feud; to enfeoff. [OF. feoffer, fiefer, to invest with a fief.] — Feoffee', n. One to whom a feoffment is made. [OF. feojfe, p. p.] — Feoffor, -for, n. One who grants, etc. — Feoffment, n. Grant of a fee; instrument or deed by which, etc. —Feud,