Is wealth, often in kind, that a party gives to another as a sign of respect or, as was often the case in historical contexts, of submission or allegiance.
At the First Continental Congress, the delegates discussed boycotting British goods all together, but decided to send the Crown a list of their grievances in the hopes of getting the Intolerable Acts lifted.
It lies in the fact that the senior party to any relationship provided land and oversight to the junior party’s who in turn was expected to provide his lord with economic and military support.
