enfeoffment

Other forms: enfeoffments

Definitions of enfeoffment
  1. noun
    under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service
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    type of:
    deed, deed of conveyance, title
    a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it
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