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Latin. From me, of my superior. This forms that part, or clause of a conveyance of lands, which indicates the nature of the tenure by which they are to be held, and whereby it is declared, that when the feudal title is completed the grantee is to hold of the granter's superior. This is commonly known as an a me holding as opposed to a holding de me. The former (a me) is now called a public holding, while the latter (de me) is termed, base. These significations did not always attach to the respective phrases; and it may not be out of ...