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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
{{etyl|fro}} {{term|feoffement|lang=fro}}, {{term|fieffement}}; compare {{etyl|la}} {{term|feoffamentum|lang=la}}.
From {{uder|en|fro|feoffement}}, {{m|fro|fieffement}}. Compare {{uder|en|la|feoffamentum}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈfɛfmənt/}}


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun}}


# {{legal}} The [[grant]] of a [[feud]] or [[fee]].
# {{lb|en|legal}} The [[grant]] of a [[feud]] or [[fee]].
# {{legal|UK}} A [[gift]] or [[conveyance]] in [[fee]] of land or other [[corporeal]] [[hereditament]]s, accompanied by actual [[delivery]] of [[possession]].
# {{lb|en|legal|UK}} A [[gift]] or [[conveyance]] in [[fee]] of land or other [[corporeal]] [[hereditament]]s, accompanied by actual [[delivery]] of [[possession]]<ref>{{R:Burrill Law Dictionary}}</ref>
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# {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[instrument]] or [[deed]] by which corporeal hereditaments are [[convey]]ed.
#: {{rfquotek|Burrill}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=c. 1385|author=w:William Langland|title=Piers Plowman|section=II
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# {{obsolete|or|rare|US|UK}} The [[instrument]] or [[deed]] by which corporeal hereditaments are [[convey]]ed.
|passage=Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe / And vnfoldeth þe '''feffement''' · þat fals hath ymaked.}}

====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|enfeoffment}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|feoff}}
* {{l|en|feoffee}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|grant of a feud or fee}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|läänittäminen}}
* Russian: {{t-needed|ru}}
{{trans-bottom}}


{{trans-top|gift or conveyance in fee}}
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{{Webster 1913}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t-needed|cmn}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|läänityksen siirto}}
* Russian: {{t-needed|ru}}
{{trans-bottom}}


===References===
[[io:feoffment]]
<references/>
[[vi:feoffment]]
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* {{R:Webster 1913}}
[[zh:feoffment]]

Latest revision as of 08:40, 24 October 2023

English

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Etymology

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From Old French feoffement, fieffement. Compare Latin feoffamentum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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feoffment (plural feoffments)

  1. (law) The grant of a feud or fee.
  2. (law, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession[1]
  3. (obsolete) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, section II:
      Thanne symonye and cyuile · stonden forth bothe / And vnfoldeth þe feffement · þat fals hath ymaked.

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Alexander M[ansfield] Burrill (1850–1851) “FEOFFMENT”, in A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: […], volumes (please specify |part= or |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: John S. Voorhies, […], →OCLC.
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