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Definition of Infeoff
1. v. t. See Enfeoff.
Definition of Infeoff
1. Verb. (alternative form of enfeoff ) To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transfer a fief to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infeoff
1. to enfeoff [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: enfeoff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infeoff
Literary usage of Infeoff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Touchstone of Common Assurances: Being a Plain and Familiar Treatise on by William Sheppard, Edmond Gibson Atherley (1826)
"And from hence comes the word infeoff; for by this word by the delivery of seisin
and possession of the thing given. that purpose), is this kind of ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the by Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1859)
"Like law, if I infeoff one to the use of IS for years, the remainder to the right
.... So if I infeoff IS to the use of ID for life, and then to the use of ..."
3. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1792)
"So where it is to infeoff a ... be made he ought to infeoff upon ... TF the
condition be ta infeoff ..."
4. A Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of the Laws of by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, John Henry Thomas, Matthew Hale, Francis Hargrave, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1818)
"But if A. be bound to В., with condition that C. shall infeoff IX, in this case
if C. tender, and D. refuse, the obligation is saved, for the obligor ..."
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