feoffment — feoff·ment / fef mənt, fēf / n: the historical method of granting a freehold estate in land by actual delivery of possession orig. by livery of seisin Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. feoffment … Law dictionary
Feoffment — Feoff ment, n. [OF. feoffement, fieffement; cf. LL. feoffamentum.] (Law) (a) The grant of a feud or fee. (b) (Eng. Law) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession. Burrill.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feoffment — /féfmsnt/fiyfment/ The gift of any corporeal hereditament to another, operating by transmutation of possession, and requiring, as essential to its completion, that the seisin be passed, which might be accomplished either by investiture or by… … Black's law dictionary
feoffment — /féfmsnt/fiyfment/ The gift of any corporeal hereditament to another, operating by transmutation of possession, and requiring, as essential to its completion, that the seisin be passed, which might be accomplished either by investiture or by… … Black's law dictionary
feoffment to uses — /féfmsnt ts yûwssz/fiyf/ A feoffment of lands to one person to the use of another. In such case the feoffee was bound in conscience to hold the lands according to the use, and could himself derive no benefit. Sometimes such feoffments were made… … Black's law dictionary
feoffment to uses — /féfmsnt ts yûwssz/fiyf/ A feoffment of lands to one person to the use of another. In such case the feoffee was bound in conscience to hold the lands according to the use, and could himself derive no benefit. Sometimes such feoffments were made… … Black's law dictionary
feoffment — noun Etymology: Middle English feffement, from Anglo French, from feffer, feoffer to invest with a fee, from fieu, fé fee Date: 14th century the granting of a fee … New Collegiate Dictionary
Feoffment — The process of assigning property to a person under feudal law, for which military service was due. Cf. Enfeoffment to use; Fee1; Livery in seisin … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
feoffment — n. giving of a fief, giving of a piece of land (during the Middle Ages) … English contemporary dictionary
feoffment — [ fi:fm(ə)nt, fɛf ] noun (in feudal law) a grant of ownership of freehold property to someone. Derivatives feoffor fɛfə noun Origin ME: from an Anglo Norman Fr. var. of OFr. fieffer put in legal possession , from fief (see fee and fief) … English new terms dictionary
