feoffment
/ˈfiːfm(ə)nt
/ /ˈfɛfm(ə)nt/noun historical
(In feudal law) a grant of ownership of freehold property to someone.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
/ /ˈfɛfə / nounOrigin
Middle English: from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French fieffer 'put in legal possession', from fief (see fee and fief).