| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| feudalities | FEUDALITY, the state of being feudal |
| feudality | the state of being feudal |
| adscription | the state of being adscript, a feudal serf attached to the soil also ASCRIPTION |
| adscriptions | ADSCRIPTION, the state of being adscript, a feudal serf attached to the soil also ASCRIPTION |
| escheats | The reversion of property to the state, or (in feudal law) to a lord, on the owner's dying without legal heirs |
| shoguns | A hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state (the mikado or emperor), the shogun was generally the real ruler of the country until feudalism was abolished in 1867 |
