enfeoff

(ĕn-fēf', -fĕf')
tr.v., -feoffed, -feoff·ing, -feoffs.
To invest with a feudal estate or fee.

[Middle English enfeffen, from Anglo-Norman enfeoffer : Old French en-, causative pref.; see en-¹ + Old French fief, fief; see fee.]

enfeoffment en·feoff'ment n.

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To create a feoffment [early common law means of conveying freehold estates]. “Enfeoff” has been used as a word granting title in some modern deeds. See 31 N.J.L. 143, 151.

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