feoffment

English

Etymology

From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛfmənt/

Noun

feoffment (plural feoffments)

1. (law) The grant of a feud or fee.
2. (law, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession
3. (obsolete) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:

     Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe / And vnfoldeth þe feffement · þat fals hath ymaked.

Synonyms

• enfeoffment

Related terms

• feoff
• feoffee

Translations

grant of a feud or fee

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: läänittäminen (fi)
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gift or conveyance in fee

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• Finnish: läänityksen siirto
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References

• “feoffment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.