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fief
vassalage
feoff
feu
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King John made up by surrendering his kingdom as a feudal fief to the pope.
The fief was usually land necessary to maintain the vassal, but oftentimes the vassal would receive regular payments of money from a lord.
It appears unlikely that Tung will soon name a successor since Yeoh has until October before abandoning his fief for exile.
It is not, one presumes, the view of the French generals who currently treat the people and nation of Cote d' Ivoire as their fief .
It doesn't take a genius to understand why Bremmer and his boss are so reluctant to employ the universal concept of democracy in their occupied fief .
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