† reˈfeoff, v. Obs.
In 5 refeff(e, 5–6 refeoffe.
[ad. AF. refeffer (1304 in Godef.): see re- and feoff v.]
trans. To feoff (one) again, to re-enfeoff.
| c 1420 Anturs of Arth. 685, I shall refeff him in felde, in forestes so faire. c 1450 Merlin 479 The kynge Arthur refeffed hym a-gein in his londe that he hadde be-fore. 1461 Rolls of Parlt. V. 492/2 To refeffe the seid persone. 1532 Dial. on Laws Eng. ii. vii. (1638) 71 The feoffour..is driven to cause him to refeoffe him againe. |
So † reˈfeoffment. Obs.
| 1441 in W. P. Baildon Sel. Pl. Chanc. (1896) 132 To refeoffe hem accordyng to thentent of the first feoffement. 1580 Egerton in Ld. Campbell Chancellors (1857) II. xlvii. 312 You have all but the dede of refeffment layed together. |