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enfeoff::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | give |
| Derivation | enfeoffment |
He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland.
- Put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society; "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland"
- Under the feudal system, enfeoffment was the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service. This mechanism was later used to avoid restrictions on the passage of title in land by a system in which a landowner would give land to one person for the use of another. ...
- (Enfeoffing) The fief (alternatively, fee, feoff, fiefdom) or feudum (in Latin), under the system of medieval European feudalism, often consisted of inheritable lands or revenue-producing property granted by a lord to a vassal who held seisin in return for a form of allegiance (usually given by ...
- To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transfer a fief to
- To vest a person with fee title to land.
- To take someone into vassalage where they will render a certain service in return for a fee or fief.
- To provide a fief to a vassal.
