Meanings
plural infeftments
- alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of enfeoffment.
- countablerareuncountableSynonym of exit.
We were hearing the parties in a long, crucial case, before the fifteen; Creech was moving at some length for an infeftment; when I saw Glenkindie lean forward to Hermiston with his hand over his mouth and make him a secret communication.
a. 1895 (date written), Robert Louis Stevenson, “Opinions of the Bench”, in S[idney] C[olvin], editor, Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance, London: Chatto and Windus […], published 1896, →OCLC, page 82Synonyms: exit
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of exit.
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