Definition of Enfeoffing. Meaning of Enfeoffing. Synonyms of Enfeoffing

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Definition of Enfeoffing

Enfeoffing
Enfeoff En*feoff" (?; see Feoff, 277), v. 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.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak.

Meaning of Enfeoffing from wikipedia

- the feoffee sub-enfeoffed his holding, for example when he created a new manor, he would become overlord to the person so enfeoffed, and a mesne lord...
- plateau that included the territory of Liechtenstein. This region was enfeoffed to the Counts of Hohenems until the sale to the Liechtenstein dynasty...
- dynasty was established in 1392, he was posthumously enfeoffed as Count Wansan (완산백; 完山伯) and later enfeoffed as a grand prince in 1872 during King Gojong's...
- Dietrich IV of Limburg Hohenlimburg, born around 1375, was the second son Diederik III count of Limburg Hohenlimburg and Broich and Lukardis of Broich...
- royal family during the Zhou dynasty c. 8th to 5th centuries BCE) who was enfeoffed in the state of Yang. The German sociologist Wolfram Eberhard calls Yang...
- power to grant noble titles and to enfeoff v****als. It was a custom in China for the new dynasty to ennoble and enfeoff a member of the dynasty which they...
- own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. In contrast, the entire territory controlled...
- care breaking the power of the court eunuchs and unrelated magnates, enfeoffing his many sons throughout China and attempting to guide these princes through...
- was a politico-economic system of relationships between liege lords and enfeoffed v****als (or feudatories) that formed the basis of the social structure...
- the Hohenzollern dynasty. Since Burgrave Frederick VI of Nuremberg was enfeoffed with the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1415/17, the Hohenzollern princes...