Enfeoffment

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Enfeoffment \En*feoff"ment\, n. (Law)
        (a) The act of enfeoffing.
        (b) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with
            the fee of an estate.
            [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  enfeoffment
       n : under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was
           given land in exchange for a pledge of service