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ENFEOFF Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ENFEOFF is to invest with a fief or fee. www.merriam-webster.com
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Feoffment - Wikipedia
In the Middle Ages, especially under the European feudal system, feoffment /ˈfɛfmənt/ or enfeoffment was the deed by which a person was given land in ... en.wikipedia.org
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enfeoff - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(transitive, chiefly law, historical) To transfer a fief to, to endow with a fief; to put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest. en.wiktionary.org
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enfeoff
enfeoff, v. (ɛnˈfɛf) Forms: α. 5 enfeffe, enfefe, 6 enfeoffe, 5– enfeoff. Also 5 enfeffee. β. 5–7 infeof(f, 6 infeffe, 7 infeft. Also 6 infeoffee. See also enfief. [a. OF. enfeffer, enfieffer (AF. enfeoffer), f. en- (see en-1) + fief fief. In Anglo-Lat. infeoffāre.] 1. trans. To invest with a fief; ... Oxford English Dictionary
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enfeoff Definition, Meaning & Usage - Justia Legal Dictionary
Definition of "enfeoff". The act of transferring ownership of a freehold property to someone. How to use "enfeoff" in a sentence. dictionary.justia.com
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ENFEOFF Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
to invest with a freehold estate in land. to give as a fief. enfeoff. / ɪnˈfiːf /. verb. property law to invest (a person) with possession ... www.dictionary.com
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Berthold, Duke of Bavaria
After his death in 947, however, King Otto I the Great did not enfeoff Berthold's minor son Henry the Younger with his duchy, but instead gave it to his wikipedia.org
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Enfeoff - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Originating c.1400 from Old French enfeffer, combining en- "in" + feoff (variant of fief), enfeoff means to grant land in exchange for service. www.etymonline.com
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ENFEOFF definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
1. property law to invest (a person) with possession of a freehold estate in land 2. (in feudal society) to take (someone) into vassalage by giving a fee or ... www.collinsdictionary.com
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ENFEOFF - The Law Dictionary
Definition and Citations: To Invest with an estate by feoffment. To make a gift of any corpon ahereditaments to another. See FEOFFMENT. Previous Definition:. thelawdictionary.org
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Enfeoff - Websters Dictionary 1828
1. To give one a feud; hence, to invest with a fee; to give to another any corporeal hereditament, in fee simple or fee tail, by livery of seizin. 2. To ... webstersdictionary1828.com
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Enfeoff - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
verb put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society “He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland” www.vocabulary.com
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reinfeoff
reinfeoff obs. form of re-enfeoff. Oxford English Dictionary
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infeaffe
† infeaffe obs. form of enfeoff.1589 Nashe Anat. Absurd. B iij b, Might the name of the Church infeaffe them in the Kingdom of Christ. Oxford English Dictionary
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Blackacre
and C. have White Acre, and A. has a way over White Acre to Black Acre, and then purchases White Acre, the way will be extinct; and if A. afterwards enfeoff wikipedia.org
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