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co-feoffee

co-feoffee is the alternative form of cofeoffee.

Meaning of cofeoffee

Noun

cofeoffee (plural cofeoffees)

  1. (historical) A joint feoffee; one of a group of individuals jointly holding a fief.
    • […] that then ſuch and ſo many of the ſaid twelue Cofeoffees aforenamed, which ſhal ſo depart away forth of the ſaid towne of C. and inhabite ⁊ dwell in any other place, ſhall not […] take, receiue, or diſpoſe, any of the rents, iſſues, or profits of the ſaid tenements ⁊ premiſſes: […]1615, William West, The First Part of Simboleography. […], London: […] Companie of Stationers, page 249

Forms of co-feoffee

pluralco-feoffees

Questions about co-feoffee

What is co-feoffee the alternative form of?
Co-feoffee is the alternative form of cofeoffee.

Words near co-feoffee in the dictionary

  1. co-fathers-in-law
  2. co-fed
  3. co-feed
  4. co-feeding
  5. co-feeds
  6. co-feoffee
  7. co-feoffees
  8. co-fire
  9. co-fired
  10. co-fires
  11. co-firing

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