re-enˈfeoff, v.
Also 7 rein-, re-in-.
[re- 5 a; cf. refeoff v.]
trans. To enfeoff anew; to enfeoff in return (the original feoffor).
| 1540 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 256 Who, soe being seised, shall re-enfeoffe the said seaven who shall survive. 1628 Coke On Litt. 208 b, If the Condition be, That the Feoffee shall re-infeoffe the Feoffor [etc.]. 1642 tr. Perkins' Prof. Bk. iii. §241. 107 If my Feoffee in Fee of one Acre of Land, doe reinfeoff mee of the same acre [etc.]. 1765 Act 5 Geo. III, c. 26 Preamble, With power also to the surviving trustees..to re-enfeoff other trustees to the same uses. 1865 Nichols Britton II. 209 note, It was not uncommon for a layman to enfeoff a church on condition of being reenfeoffed to hold of the church. |
So re-enˈfeoffment.
| 1661 J. Stephens Procurations 55 So warranty is extinguished by Re-infeoffment or Descent of Land to the same person that had the Warranty. 1870 Eng. Gilds 256 marg., When only seven feoffees remain living, a re⁓enfeoffment, to fourteen, shall be made. |