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feoff

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enfeoff

Origin of feoff

Early Middle English feoffen from Anglo-French feoffer from Old French fieuffer, fieffer from fieu, fief: see fee

var. of fief

feoff

Noun

(plural feoffs)

  1. (law) A fief.
Verb

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

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

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  • Property and Ownership
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Words near feoff in the dictionary


  • feodatory
  • feodosia
  • feodosiya
  • feods
  • feoff
  • feoffed
  • feoffee
  • feoffees
  • feoffeeship
  • feoffeeships

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