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Relief. A payment, varying in value and kind according to rank and tenure, made to the overlord by the heir of a customary tenant on taking up possession of the vacant estate.
Respite. Delay, or extension of time, asked or granted for some reason (orig. for further consideration of a matter). The postponement of the act of personal homage, for which a small sum was paid.
Reversion. The return of an estate to the donor or grantor, or his heirs, after the expiry of the grant; an estate which thus returns to the donor or his heirs. in reversion, conditional upon the expiry of a grant or the death of a person. The right of succeeding to the possession of something after another is done with it, or simply of obtaining it at some future time; a thing or possession which one expects to obtain.
Rood. A superficial measure of land, properly containing one-quarter acre, but varying locally; a plot of land of this size.