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Fee – A right in law to the use of land; i.e. a fief. Simple – in the unconstrained sense: without limit to the inheritance of heirs; unrestricted as to transfer of ownership. The English word fee ultimately goes back to the Indo-European root *peku, which refers to moveable wealth, that is, cattle.
In the 10th and 11th centuries the Latin terms for 'fee' could be used either to describe dependent tenure held by a man from his lord, as the term is used now by historians, or it could mean simply "property" (the manor was, in effect, a small fief). It lacked a precise meaning until the middle of the 12th century, when it received formal ...
In English common law, fee tail or entail is a form of trust, established by deed or settlement, that restricts the sale or inheritance of an estate in real property and prevents that property from being sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the tenant-in-possession, and instead causes it to pass automatically, by operation of law, to an heir determined by the settlement deed.
In English and Irish law, a fee farm grant is a hybrid type of land ownership typical in cities and towns. The word fee is derived from fief or fiefdom, meaning a feudal landholding, and a fee farm grant is similar to a fee simple in the sense that it gives the grantee the right to hold a freehold estate, the only difference being the payment of an annual rent ("farm" being an archaic word for ...
What new hidden fees law mean for Californians. Starting July 2024, you won’t be blindsided by how much something costs due to hidden fees.
Fee slips for a university college. A fee is the price one pays as remuneration for rights or services. Fees usually allow for overhead, wages, costs, and markup.Traditionally, professionals in the United Kingdom (and previously the Republic of Ireland) receive a fee in contradistinction to a payment, salary, or wage, and often use guineas rather than pounds as units of account.
In fact, it’s common to see “submission fees,” meaning you are paying them to review your work. In those cases, publication isn’t guaranteed. In those cases, publication isn’t guaranteed.
A state 'junk fees' law might 'upend' how restaurants operate. Customers could face sticker shock when fees are rolled into menu prices. What does a service fee ban mean for diners?