enfeoff — en·feoff /en fef, fēf/ vt [Anglo French enfeoffer, from Old French en , causative prefix + fief fief]: to invest (a person) with a freehold estate by feoffment Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. enfeo … Law dictionary
enfeoff — [en fef′, enfēf′] vt. [ME enfeffen (Anglo Fr enfeoffer) < OFr enfeffer: see EN 1 & FIEF] Law to invest with an estate held in fee enfeoffment n … English World dictionary
Enfeoff — To put a person in possession of land in fee simple. Thus a tenant in chief would enfeoff subtenants (this was known as subinfeudation ) who would be required to provide the knightly services which the tenant in chief was in turn required to… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
enfeoff — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English enfeoffen, from Anglo French enfeffer, enfeoffer, from en + fé, fief fief Date: 15th century to invest with a fief or fee • enfeoffment noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
enfeoff — enfeoffment, n. /en fef , feef /, v.t. 1. to invest with a freehold estate in land. 2. to give as a fief. [1350 1400; ME enfe(o)ffen < AF enfe(o)ffer, equiv. to en EN 1 + OF fiefer, fiever, deriv. of fief FIEF] * * * … Universalium
enfeoff — verb To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transfer a fief to … Wiktionary
enfeoff — en·feoff || ɪn fef v. reward with a fief, reward with a piece of land (during the Middle Ages) … English contemporary dictionary
enfeoff — [ɪn fi:f, fɛf, ɛn ] verb (under the feudal system) give freehold property or land in exchange for a pledge of service. Derivatives enfeoffment noun Origin ME: from Anglo Norman Fr. enfeoffer, from OFr. en in + fief fief ; cf. feoffment … English new terms dictionary
Enfeoff — To take someone into vassalage where they will render a certain service in return for a fee or fief … Medieval glossary
enfeoff — en·feoff … English syllables
