Croft

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(n., formal)

Broadly, the land or domain a vassal receives from his lord; especially land that is surrounded by the lord’s own domain. Specifically, a low-status in stance of such a domain. Whereas a domain may or may not require a lord to perform corvée, a croft always does. Customarily, croft is never used to describe the domain of a true Regent; the term is sometimes restricted to indicate only the domains of tenants. “Lassiter has given out six tiny crofts to know-nothing Carthian neonates in as many months, and I have to wonder what sort of rent they’re paying.”