feoffment

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈfiːfmənt/
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/ˈfiːfmənt/ · /ˈfɛfmənt/

Definition of feoffment

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The grant of a feud or fee.
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noun

  1. The grant of a feud or fee.
  2. (UK)A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession
  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.”

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Etymology

From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.

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