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Webster 1913 Edition
Enfeoff
En-feoff′
(?; see Feoff, 277)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Enfeoffed
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Enfeoffing
.] [Pref.
en-
+ feoff
, fief
: cf. LL. infeofare
, OF. enfeffer
, enfeofer
.] 1.
(Law)
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.
Mozley & W.
2.
To give in vassalage; to make subservient.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Enfeoff
ENFEOFF
,Verb.
T.
1.
To give one a feud; hence, to invest with a fee; to give to another any corporeal hereditament, in fee simple or fee tail, by livery of seizin.2.
To surrender or give up. [Not used.]Definition 2024
enfeoff
enfeoff
English
Alternative forms
Verb
enfeoff (third-person singular simple present enfeoffs, present participle enfeoffing, simple past and past participle enfeoffed)
- (transitive) To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transfer a fief to.