Enfeoffment

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

enfeoffment
    n 1: under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was
         given land in exchange for a pledge of service

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Enfeoffment \En*feoff"ment\, n. (Law)
      (a) The act of enfeoffing.
      (b) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with
          the fee of an estate.
          [1913 Webster]