feoffment

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The grant of a feud or fee.
A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession
The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.

/ˈfiːfmənt/ /ˈfɛfmənt/

feoffment feoffments

From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.

enfeoffment

feoff feoffee

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