The principal legal basis for landownership is the land tenure system which remains feudal. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
And in another Place he calls the feudal connection, the feudal Yoke. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 10, includes legal notes, 24 January - 21 February 1765, August 1765] Reference
Although set in feudal Japan, both works contain some modern-day anachronisms. From Wordnik.com. [Tokyopop Chibis: .hack 4koma, Alice in the Country of Hearts, Red Hot Chili Samurai, Mugen Spiral » Manga Worth Reading] Reference
Hiro seemed to be in feudal Japan longer than the actual feudal era lasted in history. From Wordnik.com. [Writers’ Strike = Better TV? : SF Universe - SF Universe is your Science Fiction central. From SciFi television to movies to books and more. All the latest news, reviews and insights from SciFi experts.] Reference
Absolutely right gentlemen - there were never any socialist parties in feudal societies. From Wordnik.com. [Another Letter Another Rejection] Reference
Meanwhile, after landing in feudal Japan, Hiro (Masi Oka) meets his hero Takezo Kensei (David Anders). From Wordnik.com. [New Season Spoilers: HEROES & THE OFFICE | the TV addict] Reference
I must be the only one, but I LOVED heroes last night!!! my favorite storyline is the hiro in feudal Japan. From Wordnik.com. [You Be the Critic: HEROES, PRISON BREAK, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER and More! | the TV addict] Reference
What was West Side Story if not a "reimagining" of Romeo & Juliet or Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood as Macbeth set in feudal Japan?. From Wordnik.com. [Just What the Doctor Ordered - an Elephant in the Bathtub] Reference
Today, the word feudal is sometimes used as a general term for a set of social relationships that seems unprogressive or out of step with modern society. From Wordnik.com. [feudalism] Reference
It's called a feudal system, overseen by an absolute monarch. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake] Reference
She might surely as well be called feudal England, or chivalrous. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Thorne] Reference
Bangladesh is a country which ruled under martial law or so called feudal democracy. From Wordnik.com. [Challenges for Bangladesh government] Reference
Agamemnon reflects the princely hatreds of what we may call the feudal age of Greece. From Wordnik.com. [Homer and His Age] Reference
"That's what Hallam would call feudal retainers," explained Hadden, not without vainglory. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrecker] Reference
This king was the first to establish in Europe what is called the feudal system of land-tenure. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
We may have been extremely proud of ending slavery, but we hated the idea of feudal kingdoms disappearing. From Wordnik.com. [Cinematical] Reference
This plan of paying for land by fighting was called the feudal system, and it lasted in England for many years. From Wordnik.com. [An Island Story: A History of England for Boys and Girls] Reference
This system, which is known as feudal, had been growing up in England before the Conquest, but it was perfected on the. From Wordnik.com. [A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) From the earliest times to the Death of King Edward VII] Reference
Back in those days, a thousand years ago, men had built a system of government that historians called the feudal system. From Wordnik.com. [Empire] Reference
Listen, it’s bad enough that I have to look up and pay attention to the screen everytime we cut to Hiro in feudal Japan. From Wordnik.com. [Channel Surfing with C.T. | the TV addict] Reference
This entire dissociation of the title from the idea of feudal rights and obligations was completed by Napoleon's decree of March. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
If I were to trace the notion of feudal honor into the domain of politics, I should not find it more difficult to explain its dictates. From Wordnik.com. [Democracy in America — Volume 2] Reference
Maybe back in feudal Japan?. From Wordnik.com. ['Heroes' recap: Let's give thanks | EW.com] Reference
Why were they in feudal England?. From Wordnik.com. [Friday Top 5: 80s Cartoons] Reference
We did live in feudal spaciousness in those days. From Wordnik.com. [ON THE MAKALOA MAT] Reference
The chiefs were neither 'feudal' nor 'compradores'. From Wordnik.com. [Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 6] Reference
And young Wisner grew up as almost a kind of feudal lord. From Wordnik.com. [The Very Best MenFour Who Dared: The Early Years of the CIA] Reference
Socially it was backward, being a kind of feudal monarchy. From Wordnik.com. [Hokas Pokas]
A deed recalling feudal days, provided the funds to send overseas the. From Wordnik.com. [The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor] Reference
I do worry that America is heading toward some kind of feudal state again. From Wordnik.com. [As the Romans Did] Reference
Codrington family who, for more than 200 years, held it as a kind of feudal fief. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon"] Reference
//February 9, 2010 at 7: 03 pm | Reply perhaps they should call it feudal football?. From Wordnik.com. [Are you ready for some football? « Awful Library Books] Reference
I'm less certain "feudal" is a good analogy for the player-to-corporation relationship. From Wordnik.com. [Strange company in Eve-Online] Reference
It would hurt less if we weren't turning Afghanistan into some kind of feudal warlord run nightmare. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-07-01] Reference
He was a war hero and he was a pragmatic man who had no patience with all that hierarchical kind of feudal stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Calvin Kytle, January 19, 1991. Interview A-0365. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
For Boxer xenophobia, while commendably anti-imperialist in political intent, was reactionary in its defense of "feudal" culture. From Wordnik.com. [An Exchange on China] Reference
Venice administered this vast empire on a kind of feudal tenure, portioning it out to families charged with defense of the seaways. From Wordnik.com. [3. The Rise of Venice] Reference
There is no other country with such a long "feudal" history — two thousand years, ten times the length of European medieval times. From Wordnik.com. [The Price China Has Paid: An Interview with Liu Binyan] Reference
Richard has a kind of feudal influence in the town. From Wordnik.com. [Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.] Reference
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