Also 7 feodist, pheudist. [f. FEUD2 + -IST. Cf. F. feudiste.]
1. A writer or authority on feuds, one versed in feudal law. Also attrib.
1607. Cowel, Interpr., Fealtie.… This oath, as it is vsed among the feudists.
1610. W. Folkingham, Art of Survey, III. ii. 67. Many Feudists doe holde that Feudatarius hath not an entire property in his Fee.
1639. Spelman, Feuds & Tenures, xxiii. 37. The Feodists therefore call them Caduca.
a. 1682. Sir T. Browne, Tracts, viii. (1684), 150. The Feudist term Ligeus à Ligando unto whom they were bound in fealty.
1767. Blackstone, Comm., II. 50. The oath of fealty, which made in the sense of the feudists every man that took it a tenant or vassal.
1845. Stephen, Laws Eng., I. 185. Allodium, the name by which the feudists abroad distinguished such estates of the subject as were not holden of any superior.
† 2. a. The holder of a feud or estate. b. One living under the feudal system. Obs.
1610. W. Folkingham, Art of Survey, IV. i. 80. All and singluar Rents, Seruices, Issues, and profits accrewing and renewing to the Feudist or Possident by, through or by reason of Fees and Possessions.
1767. Blackstone, Comm., II. xiv. 215. The Greeks, the Romans … and even originally the feudists, divided the lands equally.
