>>20998232More lawyer speak time. It could go either way, words are subjective. I wouldn't say a landlord in todays world would own a fief if they own property.
>There is no such thing as holding a fief on your own. The term fief means that the land was granted by an overlord as a condition of feudal service and it could be revoked for treason. Land and titles owned outright were known as allods.