noun
Meaning 1
The grant of a feud or fee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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Standard Lemma guide
feoffment
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/ˈfiːfmənt/
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/ˈfɛfmənt/
noun
Meaning 2
A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 3
The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Etymology
From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 授予 (shòuyǔ) — grant of a feud or fee
- Finnish: läänittäminen — grant of a feud or fee
- Polish: nadanie majątku — grant of a feud or fee
- Chinese Mandarin: 贈與 /赠与 (zèngyǔ) — gift or conveyance in fee
- Chinese Mandarin: 交付 (jiāofù) — gift or conveyance in fee
- Finnish: läänityksen siirto — gift or conveyance in fee
- Polish: lenno — gift or conveyance in fee
- Polish: majątek — gift or conveyance in fee
- Chinese Mandarin: 契約 /契约 (qìyuē) — instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed
- Chinese Mandarin: 契據 /契据 (qìjù) — instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed