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Definition of Infeoffs
1. infeoff [v] - See also: infeoff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Infeoffs
Literary usage of Infeoffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1794)
"If a man infeoffs A. to his ufe, and declares his will, ... infeoffs two lo bis
ufe and his he!rtt the ..."
2. An Abridgment of the Modern Determinations in the Courts of Law and Equity by Charles Viner (1791)
"... but infeoffs another, an a£lion upon Ле taie argument lies ... So if in this
cafe the vendor infeoffs a /¡ranger, and after S. c. but ю. cites him, ..."
3. The Works of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1879)
"... Chidley and John Chidley, and the said Chr. infeoffs Sir John Chichester, who
infeoffs Philip Chichester, under whom the defendant claims. ..."
4. The Law of Tenures, Including the Theory and Practice of Copyholds by Geoffrey Gilbert, Charles Watkins, Robert Studley Vidal (1824)
"... and infeoffs A. and the heir recovers against A. he hath gained the right of
propriety; for A. cannot recover back against him, causa qua supra. ..."
5. Reeves' History of the English Law: With Numerous Notes, and an Introductory by John Reeves, William Francis Finlason (1879)
"... B. and £. infeoffs C.and so on; then every tenant, from the first to the last,
would be my tenants, and I their lord; the only difference being, ..."
6. Eight Centuries of Reports: Or, Eight Hundred Cases Solemnly Adjudged in the by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber (1885)
"... this is a discontinuance: it is otherwise of tenant in tail, remainder for
years and he infeoffs him in the reversion; it is not a discontinuance : but ..."
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