enfeoffment – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
enfeoffment
n.
giving of a fief as a reward, rewarding with a piece of land (during the Middle Ages)
Feoffment
In the
Middle Ages, especially under the European
feudal system,
feoffment or
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. The
common law of
estates in land grew from this concept.
enfeoffment
Noun
1. under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service
(hypernym) deed, deed of conveyance, title
(derivation) enfeoff
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Enfeoffment
(n.)
The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.
(n.)
The act of enfeoffing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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