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Definition of Feoff
1. Noun. A piece of land held under the feudal system.
Generic synonyms: Acres, Demesne, Estate, Land, Landed Estate
Derivative terms: Fiefdom
Definition of Feoff
1. v. t. To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
2. n. A fief. See Fief.
Definition of Feoff
1. Noun. (legal) A fief. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feoff
1. to grant a fief to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feoff
Literary usage of Feoff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of English Law from the Earliest Times to the End of the by Edward Jenks (1912)
"... shall hold the same lands or tenements of the same chief lord of the fee, and
by the same services and customs as his feoff or held them before. ..."
2. A Short History of English Law: From the Earliest Times to the End of the by Edward Jenks (1912)
"... shall hold the same lands or tenements of the same chief lord of the fee, and
by the same services and customs as his feoff or held them before. ..."
3. A General Abridgment and Digest of American Law: With Occasional Notes and by Nathan Dane (1824)
"... title to the tenancy by the curtesy was extinguished by feoff- CH. 130. ment.
///•/. 3. . § 9. In this case it was held, that the husband may be ten- ..."
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