infeft, v. Sc. Law.
(ɪnˈfɛft)
Pa. tense and pa. pple. infeft, rarely infefted.
[Sc. form of enfeoff; the final t appears to be the suffix of the pa. pple., taken as belonging to the stem.]
trans. To invest with heritable property; to enfeoff.
| 1462 in Sir W. Fraser Douglas Bk. (1885) III. 91, I am infeft heretabli be the saide erle in the laundis of Corsrig [etc.]. 1498 ― Melvilles of Melville (1890) III. 52 The said John Gowrlay, elder, sal infeft with chartyr and possessioune al and haill his landis of Cargowre to the said Johne Gowrlay, younger. 1520 Charters, &c., Peebles (1872) 50 The said Schir Patrik sall indot gyf and infeft certane landis..in honor of God. 1609 Skene Reg. Maj., Act Alex. II, 19 And gif the lands are halden of the king: the Schiref sall infeft the buyer be ane precept, quha buyes them. a 1700 Burd Isbel & Sir Patrick xliv. in Child Ballads viii. cclvii. B. (1892) 422/1, I would infeft your son this day In third part o your land. 1862 J. R. Macduff Sunsets Hebr. Mount. 186. 1893 Dict. Nat. Biog. XXXIII. 76 On his infefting his brother William in the lands of Cairnie. |
Hence inˈfeft n. rare. = next.
| 1893 Dict. Nat. Biog. XXXIII. 76 On 3 June 1566 Andrew received a new infeft of the earldom. |