FAIDA
\fˈe͡ɪdə], \fˈeɪdə], \f_ˈeɪ_d_ə]\
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In Saxon law. Malice; open and deadly hostility ; deadly feud. The worddesignated the enmity between the family of a murdered man and that of his murderer,which was recognized, among the Teutonic peoples, as justification for vengeancetaken by any one of the former upon any one of the latter.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
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