Feoffment
Origin
Old French feoffement, fieffement; compare Latin feoffamentum.
Full definition of feoffment
Noun
feoffment
(plural feoffments)- (legal) The grant of a feud or fee.
- (legal, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.
- (obsolete or rare, US, UK) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.