Feoffment Definition

fĕfmənt, fēf-
noun
The transfer of a fee.
American Heritage

(law, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.

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Other Word Forms of Feoffment

Noun

Singular:
feoffment
Plural:
feoffments

Origin of Feoffment

  • Middle English feffement from Anglo-Norman feoffement from feoffer to put in legal possession from Old French fief fief fee

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Old French feoffement, fieffement; compare Latin feoffamentum.

    From Wiktionary

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