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FIDEM MENTIRI

\fˈa͡ɪdəm mɛntˈi͡əɹi], \fˈa‍ɪdəm mɛntˈi‍əɹi], \f_ˈaɪ_d_ə_m m_ɛ_n_t_ˈiə_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of FIDEM MENTIRI

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)

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Lat. To betray faith or fealty. A term used in feudal and old Englishlaw of a feudatory or feudal tenant who does not keep that fealty which he has swornto the lord. Leg. Hen. I. c. 53.

1910 - Black's Law Dictionary (2nd edition)
By Henry Campbell Black

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