Infeft

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of enfeoff. alt-of, obsolete

    "There paſſes this Seal alſo a Precept, which is called the Fourth Precept, directed to a Sheriff in that Part, for infefting in Lands holden of a ſubject Superior, after the three Precepts are run againſt him."

  2. 2
    past participle of infeoff form-of, participle, past

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alienateamortizeassignbarterbequeathcede

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"There paſſes this Seal alſo a Precept, which is called the Fourth Precept, directed to a Sheriff in that Part, for infefting in Lands holden of a ſubject Superior, after the three Precepts are run againſt him."

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