Cofeoffee
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A joint feoffee; one of a group of individuals jointly holding a fief. historical
"[…] that then ſuch and ſo many of the ſaid twelue Cofeoffees aforenamed, which ſhal ſo depart away forth of the ſaid towne of C. and inhabite ⁊ dwell in any other place, ſhall not […] take, receiue, or diſpoſe, any of the rents, iſſues, or profits of the ſaid tenements ⁊ premiſſes: […]"
Example
More examples"[…] that then ſuch and ſo many of the ſaid twelue Cofeoffees aforenamed, which ſhal ſo depart away forth of the ſaid towne of C. and inhabite ⁊ dwell in any other place, ſhall not […] take, receiue, or diſpoſe, any of the rents, iſſues, or profits of the ſaid tenements ⁊ premiſſes: […]"
Etymology
From Middle English cofeffe, cofeoffe, confeoffe, equivalent to co- + feoffee.
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