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单词 feoffment
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Definition of feoffment in English:

feoffment

noun ˈfɛfm(ə)ntˈfiːfm(ə)ntˈfifmənt
historical
  • (in feudal law) a grant of ownership of freehold property to someone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was still the tenant in 1398; judging from a 1403 feoffment, he may have been holding as a trustee for the dower rights of Gile's widow, Margaret.

Derivatives

  • feoffor

  • noun ˈfɛfəˈfiːfəˈfifər
    historical

Origin

Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French fieffer 'put in legal possession', from fief (see fee and fief).

 
 

Definition of feoffment in US English:

feoffment

nounˈfifməntˈfēfmənt
historical
  • (in feudal law) a grant of ownership of freehold property to someone.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was still the tenant in 1398; judging from a 1403 feoffment, he may have been holding as a trustee for the dower rights of Gile's widow, Margaret.

Origin

Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French fieffer ‘put in legal possession’, from fief (see fee and fief).

 
 
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