Definition of Feoffments. Meaning of Feoffments. Synonyms of Feoffments

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Definition of Feoffments

Feoffment
Feoffment Feoff"ment, n. [OF. feoffement, fieffement; cf. LL. feoffamentum.] (Law) (a) The grant of a feud or fee. (b) (Eng. Law) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession. --Burrill. (c) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed. [Obs. in the U.S., Rare in Eng.]

Meaning of Feoffments from wikipedia

- chain of feoffees, in the form of overlords, ultimately springing from feoffments made by William the Conqueror himself in 1066 as the highest overlord...
- Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage V****al Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity Feudal maintenance...
- Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage V****al Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity Feudal maintenance...
- Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage V****al Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity Feudal maintenance...
- Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage V****al Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity Feudal maintenance...
- Zepterlehen). As literacy rose, a charter of feoffment was also made out as part of the act that, over time, listed the feoffed estate and benefits that the v****al...
- Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage V****al Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity Feudal maintenance...
- Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage V****al Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity Feudal maintenance...
- method of avoiding certain common law rules, the practice arose of making feoffments to the use of, or upon trust for, persons other than those to whom the...
- Tapestry) Fief Ecclesiastical fief Crown land Allodial title Appanage V****al Feoffment Seignory Subinfeudation Feoffee Fealty Homage Affinity Feudal maintenance...