feoffment

noun
/ˈfiːfmənt/

Etymology

From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.

  1. derived from feoffamentum
  2. derived from feoffement

Definitions

  1. The grant of a feud or fee.

  2. A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by…

    A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession

  3. 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for feoffment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA