FEOFF

fief, feoff

(noun) a piece of land held under the feudal system

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

feoff (plural feoffs)

(legal) A fief.

Verb

feoff (third-person singular simple present feoffs, present participle feoffing, simple past and past participle feoffed)

(legal) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.

Source: Wiktionary


Feoff

Definition: , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Feoffing.] Etym: [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.] (Law)

Definition: To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.

Feoff, n. (Law)

Definition: A fief. See Fief.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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