Enfeoff

[in'fef]

Definition

(verb.) 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'.

Typist: Sean--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment.

(v. t.) To give in vassalage; to make subservient.

Editor: Rebekah

Definition

v.t. to give a fief to: to invest with a possession in fee: to surrender.—n. Enfeoff′ment act of enfeoffing: the deed which invests with the fee of an estate.

Typed by Elinor