Meanings
nounfeoffment (plural feoffments)
plural feoffments
- UKlawA gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.
- obsoleteThe instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe / And vnfoldeth þe feffement · þat fals hath ymaked.
c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II
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Origin
- Latinfeoffamentum
- Old Frenchfeoffement
- Englishfeoffment
From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.
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Chinese Mandarin 授予, 贈與 /赠与
- 授予 (shòuyǔ)grant of a feud or fee
- 贈與 /赠与 (zèngyǔ)gift or conveyance in fee
- 交付 (jiāofù)gift or conveyance in fee
- 契約 /契约 (qìyuē)instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed
- 契據 /契据 (qìjù)instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed
Finnish läänittäminen, läänityksen siirto
- läänittäminengrant of a feud or fee
- läänityksen siirtogift or conveyance in fee
Polish nadanie majątku, lenno
- nadanie majątkugrant of a feud or fee
- lennogift or conveyance in fee
- majątekgift or conveyance in fee
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