infeudation

/ ˌɪnfjʊˈdeɪʃən /

noun

1. in feudal society
   1. the act of putting a vassal in possession of a fief
   2. the deed conferring such possession
   3. the consequent relationship of lord and vassal
2. the granting of tithes to laymen

Example Sentences

Infeudation, in-fū-dā′shun, n. the putting of an estate in fee: the granting of tithes to laymen.

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The infeudation of other things than land.

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Infeudation, 106 f.; of other things than land, 115.

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The lord with his vassals, during the ninth and tenth centuries, may be considered as a patriarchal household, recruited, not as in the primitive times by Adoption, but by Infeudation; and to such a confederacy, succession by Primogeniture was a source of strength and durability.

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The relation of the lord to the vassals had originally been settled by express engagement, and a person wishing to engraft himself on the brotherhood by commendation or infeudation came to a distinct understanding as to the conditions on which he was to be admitted.

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