Meaning of chief lord | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Synonym of overlord: the lord of a fee immediately owed personal service or rent by a tenant, a tenant's liege lord.
   historical
2. Synonym of overlord: a lord over other lords, a lord paramount.

Examples

“Forinsec, or Extrinsec, or Regal Service, was a Service which did not belong to the chief Lord, but to the King.”

“Chief lord, the feudal lord, or lord of an honour on whom others depend.”

“land-male, a reserved rent charged upon a piece of land by the chief lord of the fee, or a subsequent mesne owner.”

“Most feudal obligations were owed to the chief lord of the estate, but others were owed only and directly to the king of the realm.”

“The chief lord over all other lords was the king.”

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