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English
Etymology
From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.
Pronunciation
Noun
feoffment (plural feoffments)
- (law) The grant of a feud or fee.
- (law, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession
- (obsolete) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe / And vnfoldeth þe feffement · þat fals hath ymaked.
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Translations
grant of a feud or fee
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- Finnish: läänittäminen (fi)
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gift or conveyance in fee
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References
- ^ Alexander M Burrill (1850–1851) “FEOFFMENT”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: , volumes (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, , →OCLC.