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enfeoffmentenUK
en·feoff E0142900 (ĕn-fēf′, -fĕf′)tr.v. en·feoffed, en·feoff·ing, en·feoffs To invest with a feudal estate or fee.
[Middle English enfeffen, from Anglo-Norman enfeoffer : Old French en-, causative pref.; see en-1 + Old French fief, fief; see fee.]
en·feoff′ment n.enfeoffment1. the act of investing with an estate held in fee.
2. the deed that enfeoffs.
3. the possession of a fief or estate held in fee.See also: Property and OwnershipThesaurus| Noun | 1. | enfeoffment - under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of servicedeed, deed of conveyance, title - a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it; "he signed the deed"; "he kept the title to his car in the glove compartment"law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
EnfeoffmentenUK
EnfeoffmentAlso known as feoffment. Complete surrender and transfer of all land ownership rights from one person to another. In old English Law, an enfeoffment was a transfer of property by which the new owner was given both the right to sell the land and the right to pass it on to heirs, evidenced by livery of seisin, a ceremony for transferring the possession of real property from one individual to another. enfeoffmentenUK
Words related to enfeoffmentnoun under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of serviceRelated Words- deed
- deed of conveyance
- title
- law
- jurisprudence
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