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infeftments

infeftments is the plural of infeftment.

Meaning of infeftment

Noun

infeftment (countable and uncountable, plural infeftments)

  1. (rare) Synonym of exit.
    • We were hearing the parties in a long, crucial case, before the fifteen; Creech was moving at some length for an infeftment; when I saw Glenkindie lean forward to Hermiston with his hand over his mouth and make him a secret communication.a. 1895 (date written), Robert Louis Stevenson, “Opinions of the Bench”, in S[idney] C[olvin], editor, Weir of Hermiston: An Unfinished Romance, London: Chatto and Windus […], published 1896, →OCLC...
    Synonyms:
    exit

Questions about infeftments

What is infeftments the plural of?
Infeftments is the plural of infeftment.

Words near infeftments in the dictionary

  1. infeffs
  2. infeft
  3. infefted
  4. infefting
  5. infeftment
  6. infeftments
  7. infefts
  8. infelicific
  9. infelicities
  10. infelicitous
  11. infelicitously

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