feoff

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
feoff
    n 1: a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: {fief},
         {feoff}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Feoff \Feoff\, n. (Law)
   A fief. See {Fief}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Feoff \Feoff\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feoffed}; p. pr. &
   vb. n.. {Feoffing}.] [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F.
   fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See
   {Fief}.] (Law)
   To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal
   hereditament to; to enfeoff.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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