feoffment
noun/ˈfiːfmənt/ · /ˈfɛfmənt/
Etymology From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.
1
Law The grant of a feud or fee.
3
Obsolete The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
- Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe / And vnfoldeth þe feffement · þat fals hath ymaked.c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
- Synonyms
- enfeoffment