Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/April 14

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enfeoff v

(transitive, chiefly law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest. (transitive, figuratively) To give up completely; to surrender, to yield. The tongue-in-cheek International Be Kind to Lawyers Day falls on this day in 2020, the second Tuesday of April.

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