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feoffments

feoffments is the plural of feoffment.

Meaning of feoffment

Noun

feoffment (plural feoffments)

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

Questions about feoffments

What is feoffments the plural of?
Feoffments is the plural of feoffment.

Words near feoffments in the dictionary

  1. feoffeeships
  2. feoffer
  3. feoffers
  4. feoffing
  5. feoffment
  6. feoffments
  7. feoffor
  8. feoffors
  9. feoffs
  10. feofor
  11. feofors

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