Feoff

3 definitions found

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

  Feoff \Feoff\, n. (Law)
     A fief. See {Fief}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  feoff
       n : a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: {fief}]