ABSTRACT
The forms of the feudal system in various parts of Europe were only varieties of the same plant, the seeds of which had been brought from the north, and cultivated in Eoman soil. The permanence of the king's right formed the basis of feudal law; for on it were founded all those rules and regulations regarding wards and successions which compose the great bulk of a very voluminous code. Besides the military service which has been mentioned, the feudal tenant owed to his lord wdiat was called suit—that is to say, attendance upon his court on certain occasions, as an adviser or counsellor; and a regular subordination of courts existed under the feudal system, as well as a subordination of military grades. Women had always been permitted to perform the feudal duties repugnant to the delicacy of their sex by deputy.
