Thesaurus: feoffment

Related headwords

Definitions

1. n. The grant of a feud or fee.
2. n. A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.
3. n. The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
4. (a) The grant of a feud or fee. (b) (Eng. Law) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession. Burrill. (c) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed. [Obs. in the U.S., Rare in Eng.]
5. One who enfeoffs or grants a fee.
6. n. The grant of a feud or fee. n. A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession. n. The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.