Personal conduct rules {chivalry}| developed.
The legendary right of lord to spend the first night with new bride {droit de seigneur} probably was never reality.
Manor fief courts were for local civil and criminal law but not for Church law.
The lord of the manor selected husbands for his female heirs {Feudal marriage}, was ward of infant heirs, and got land if tenants had no heirs.
First-born son inherited all deceased-father's real property {primogeniture, custom}|.
Tenants contributed to pay lord's ransom, knight his son, or marry his daughter {aid right} {right of aid}|.
In first year, tenants gave lord one-year's income {relief right} {right of relief}|.
People were always under laws of where they were {territoriality, law}|, not of tribe or land of origin.
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