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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The grant of a feud or fee.
2. 2
   A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession UK
3. 3
   The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed. obsolete

   "Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe / And vnfoldeth þe feffement · þat fals hath ymaked."

Synonyms

All synonyms

enfeoffmentenfeoffment

Example

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"Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe / And vnfoldeth þe feffement · þat fals hath ymaked."

Etymology

From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.

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