feoffmentn.

Brit.

/ˈfiːfm(ə)nt/,

/ˈfɛfm(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈfifmənt/,

/ˈfɛfmənt/

Forms: Middle English–1500s, 1800s dialect feff(e)ment, (Middle English feefe-, fef(e)ment), feoffament, Middle English, 1800s dialect feftment, 1500s–1600s feoffe-, feof(e)ment, 1500s– feoffment.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman feoffement; see feoff v. and -ment suffix.

Law.

a. The action of investing a person with a fief or fee. In technical language applied esp. to the particular mode of conveyance (originally the only one used, but now almost obsolete) in which a person is invested with a freehold estate in lands by livery of seisin (at common law generally but not necessarily evidenced by a deed, which however is now required by statute).

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > feoffment or feuing

feoffmentc1330

infeftment1456

infeudation1473

feuing1596

enfeoffment1769

infeft1893

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 254 Edward..salle gyue Philip þe Kyng Alle holy Gascoyn..After þe forty dayes of þat feffement, Philip..salle gyue [etc.].

1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 118 By wey of graunt or feeffement.

1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 153 Fefement, feofamentum.

1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 475 Item, to go throw wyth the feffement of my lordes of Norffolke.

?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student xxiiii. f. xlviii He that hath the estate may lawfully make a feffement therof.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 25 in Justice Vindicated Feoffment..is the most ancient and necessary Conveyance which is used by the Common Law.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. ii. xx. 311 By the mere words of the deed the feoffment is by no means perfected.

1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. Comm. 172 The essence of a feoffment is livery of seisin.

b. spec. (more fully) feoffment in, feoffment of, feoffment upon, feoffment trust; feoffment to uses: see feoff v. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > feoffment or feuing > types of

feoffment to uses1489

feofydye1545

1489 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 70 A feoffament of trust indented made by your mastership unto me.

1490 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 97 William Plompton..shewed to me a copy of astate & feftment, mad by my master..to certaine feofes, to his beofe [= to his own use] of lands..for terme of his lyfe.

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 10 To whom he left his Land in Feoment withowt Declaration of Wylle to any use.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Feofment of trust, fidei commissum.

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars §23. 165 The iurisdiction as touching feofments upon trust.

1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 58 This feoffment was judicially suppressed..Feb. 13, 1633.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. vi. 371 The practice of feoffments to uses.

c. dialect. An endowment.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment > an endowment

dotation?c1430

foundationc1460

endowage?1529

feoffment1561

endowment1597

indument1602

by-foundation1655

1561 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 151 I will that all suche feoffaments and annuities as I have made unto Symonde..Askwithe shall stand according to th' effecte of my graunte thereof maide.

1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 55 Feftments, portions of property belonging to an endowment.

d. deed of feoffment n. The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > charter or deed conveying land > deed of enfeoffment

feoffment1377

deed of feoffment1545

enfeoffment1614

infeudation1647

feu-chartera1768

feu-contracta1859

1545–6 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 252 Hys dede of feoffement.

1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. vi. 44 in Wks. II He..ha's caus'd A deed of Feoffment..To be drawne yonder.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 79 By the custom of gavelkind, an infant of fifteen years may by one species of conveyance (called a deed of feoffment) convey away his lands in fee simple.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxiv. 111 The lower province was granted by two deeds of feoffment.

†2. = deed of feoffment n. at sense 1d. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > charter or deed conveying land > deed of enfeoffment

feoffment1377

deed of feoffment1545

enfeoffment1614

infeudation1647

feu-chartera1768

feu-contracta1859

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ii. 72 Symonye and cyuile..vnfoldeth þe feffement.

14.. in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 46 My nephew..shewed to me a wyll made upon a feftment.

a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 7 Forg'd Feofments.

3. The fief conferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief

feec1330

feoffmentc1330

servicec1390

fief1611

feud1614

feudatoryc1660

benefice1753

fee-estate1775

feu1791

feudality1800

fiefdom1814

seigneury1903

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 249 Fo [v.r. To] wild þe feffementes ald & þei granted þertille.

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单词	feoffment
释义	feoffmentn. Brit. /ˈfiːfm(ə)nt/, /ˈfɛfm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈfifmənt/, /ˈfɛfmənt/ Forms: Middle English–1500s, 1800s dialect feff(e)ment, (Middle English feefe-, fef(e)ment), feoffament, Middle English, 1800s dialect feftment, 1500s–1600s feoffe-, feof(e)ment, 1500s– feoffment. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman feoffement; see feoff v. and -ment suffix. Law. 1. a. The action of investing a person with a fief or fee. In technical language applied esp. to the particular mode of conveyance (originally the only one used, but now almost obsolete) in which a person is invested with a freehold estate in lands by livery of seisin (at common law generally but not necessarily evidenced by a deed, which however is now required by statute). ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > feoffment or feuing feoffmentc1330 infeftment1456 infeudation1473 feuing1596 enfeoffment1769 infeft1893 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 254 Edward..salle gyue Philip þe Kyng Alle holy Gascoyn..After þe forty dayes of þat feffement, Philip..salle gyue [etc.]. 1439 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 118 By wey of graunt or feeffement. 1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 153 Fefement, feofamentum. 1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 475 Item, to go throw wyth the feffement of my lordes of Norffolke. ?1530 St. German's Dyaloge Doctoure & Student xxiiii. f. xlviii He that hath the estate may lawfully make a feffement therof. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 25 in Justice Vindicated Feoffment..is the most ancient and necessary Conveyance which is used by the Common Law. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. ii. xx. 311 By the mere words of the deed the feoffment is by no means perfected. 1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) ii. Comm. 172 The essence of a feoffment is livery of seisin. b. spec. (more fully) feoffment in, feoffment of, feoffment upon, feoffment trust; feoffment to uses: see feoff v. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > feoffment or feuing > types of feoffment to uses1489 feofydye1545 1489 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 70 A feoffament of trust indented made by your mastership unto me. 1490 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 97 William Plompton..shewed to me a copy of astate & feftment, mad by my master..to certaine feofes, to his beofe [= to his own use] of lands..for terme of his lyfe. a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) IV. 10 To whom he left his Land in Feoment withowt Declaration of Wylle to any use. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Feofment of trust, fidei commissum. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars §23. 165 The iurisdiction as touching feofments upon trust. 1695 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) II. 58 This feoffment was judicially suppressed..Feb. 13, 1633. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. I. vi. 371 The practice of feoffments to uses. c. dialect. An endowment. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > endowment > an endowment dotation?c1430 foundationc1460 endowage?1529 feoffment1561 endowment1597 indument1602 by-foundation1655 1561 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 151 I will that all suche feoffaments and annuities as I have made unto Symonde..Askwithe shall stand according to th' effecte of my graunte thereof maide. 1855 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Yorks. Words 55 Feftments, portions of property belonging to an endowment. d. deed of feoffment n. The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > charter or deed conveying land > deed of enfeoffment feoffment1377 deed of feoffment1545 enfeoffment1614 infeudation1647 feu-chartera1768 feu-contracta1859 1545–6 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 252 Hys dede of feoffement. 1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse iv. vi. 44 in Wks. II He..ha's caus'd A deed of Feoffment..To be drawne yonder. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 79 By the custom of gavelkind, an infant of fifteen years may by one species of conveyance (called a deed of feoffment) convey away his lands in fee simple. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxiv. 111 The lower province was granted by two deeds of feoffment. †2. = deed of feoffment n. at sense 1d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > charter or deed conveying property > [noun] > charter or deed conveying land > deed of enfeoffment feoffment1377 deed of feoffment1545 enfeoffment1614 infeudation1647 feu-chartera1768 feu-contracta1859 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. ii. 72 Symonye and cyuile..vnfoldeth þe feffement. 14.. in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 46 My nephew..shewed to me a wyll made upon a feftment. a1687 W. Petty Polit. Anat. Ireland (1691) 7 Forg'd Feofments. 3. The fief conferred. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief feec1330 feoffmentc1330 servicec1390 fief1611 feud1614 feudatoryc1660 benefice1753 fee-estate1775 feu1791 feudality1800 fiefdom1814 seigneury1903 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 249 Fo [v.r. To] wild þe feffementes ald & þei granted þertille. 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