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infeoffment

infeoffment is the archaic form of enfeoffment.

Meaning of enfeoffment

Noun

enfeoffment (countable and uncountable, plural enfeoffments)

  1. (common) The act or process of transferring possession and ownership of an estate in land.
  2. (common) The property or estate so transferred.
  3. (common) The instrument or deed by which one obtains such property or estate.

Forms of infeoffment

pluralinfeoffments

Questions about infeoffment

What is infeoffment the archaic form of?
Infeoffment is the archaic form of enfeoffment.

Words near infeoffment in the dictionary

  1. infeodation
  2. infeodations
  3. infeoff
  4. infeoffed
  5. infeoffing
  6. infeoffment
  7. infeoffments
  8. infeoffs
  9. infer
  10. inferability
  11. inferable

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