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Feoffing
(gcide) | Feoff \Feoff\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed; p. pr. &
vb. n.. Feoffing.] [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F.
fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See
Fief.] (Law)
To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal
hereditament to; to enfeoff.
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Enfeoffing
(gcide) | Enfeoff \En*feoff"\ (?; see Feoff, 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Enfeoffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.] [Pref. en- +
feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]
1. (Law) To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with
a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate
by the process of feoffment. --Mozley & W.
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2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.]
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[The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak. |
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