(in feudal law) a grant of ownership of freehold property to someone.
‘He was still the tenant in 1398; judging from a 1403 feoffment, he may have been holding as a trustee for the dower rights of Gile's widow, Margaret.’
Pronunciation
feoffment
/ˈfiːfm(ə)nt//ˈfɛfm(ə)nt/
Origin
Middle English from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French fieffer ‘put in legal possession’, from fief(see fee and fief).
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