refeoffmentn.
/ˌriːˈfiːfm(ə)nt/, /ˌriːˈfɛfm(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌriˈfifm(ə)nt/ Law. Now historical and rare.
A reconveyance of land or property to a previous holder; a re-enfeoffment. Cf. feoffment n.
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society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > feoffment or feuing > anew
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re-enfeoffmenta1638
1394 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1836) III. 256 By that refeffement were we alle forsaid confeffes of all oure astat.
1426 Indenture in Cheshire Sheaf (1891) 14 For whech weddyng feffement and refeffement the same John shall gyf to the same Nicolas ye forsaid M'geret..to bed & to body.
a1475 in A. Clark Eng. Reg. Godstow Nunnery (1905) i. 175 (MED) Hyt is conteynyd fully in þe chartur of þe refeffement.
1580 T. Egerton in Ld. Campbell Lives Chancellors (1845) II. xlvii. 178 You have all but the dede of refeffment layed together.
1657 W. Prynne Exact Abridgem. Rec. Tower of London 200 Sir Thomas Hungerford knight was enfeoffed by the said Bartholmew of the Manor of High-Tresbury..to the end a refeoffment should be made of the same to the said Bartholmew and Margaret.
1826 W. Roberts Treat. Law of Wills & Codicils (ed. 3) II. iv. ii. 54 This was a very different case from a feoffment and refeoffment, where there was a complete alienation of the land, and an entire new estate was taken back by purchase.
1948 Harvard Law Rev. 62 54 It became possible by feoffment and refeoffment to make elaborate family settlements which were more satisfactory to a landed aristocracy than [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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