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11 words match “FEOFF”

FEOFF n. 3 definitions
, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed; p. pr. & vb. n.. Feoffing.] Etym: [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.] (Law)
FEOFFEE n.
The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.
FEOFFMENT n. 2 definitions
The grant of a feud or fee.
ENFEOFF v. 2 definitions
o invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. Mozley & W.
ENFEOFFMENT n. 2 definitions
The act of enfeoffing.
FEOFOR; FEOFFER n.
One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.
INFEOFF v.
See Enfeoff.
INFEOFFMENT n.
See Enfeoffment.
CONVEY v.
estate) by a sealed writing. The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. Spenser.
DEFEASANCE n.
the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.
FEE n.
f an annual rent, without homage, fealty, or any other service than that mentioned in the feoffment; an estate in fee simple, subject to a perpetual rent. Blackstone. -- Fee farm rent (Eng. Law), a perpetual rent reserved upon a conveyance in fee simple. -- Fee fund (Scot. Law), certain court dues out of which the cl…