re-enfeoff
/ˌriːɪnˈfiːf/ /ˌriːɛnˈfiːf/ /ˌriːɪnˈfɛf/Feudal Law. Now historical
verb
[with object] To reinstall (a person) in possession of a freehold or fief in exchange for pledged homage and service; to return a freehold or fief to (the original freeholder). Also with land or property as object. Also without object: to return or reclaim a freehold or fief.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Collectanea Topographica and Genealogica. From re- + enfeoff (although this is first attested slightly later), after Anglo-Norman refeffer, refeoffer, reffeffer refeoff.