• Feoffment

    Origin

    Old French feoffement, fieffement; compare Latin feoffamentum.

    Full definition of feoffment

    Noun

    feoffment

    (plural feoffments)
    1. (legal) The grant of a feud or fee.
    2. (legal, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.
    3. (obsolete or rare, US, UK) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.

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