feoffment
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Tenements created by way of beneficial feoffment are in general easily recognised.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Freehold estates could thus be transferred from one person to another without the formal delivery of possession which was generally necessary to a feoffment.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
He received in that year from the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's a feoffment of the manor of Portpool, which they had received in mortmain from Richard de Chyggewell, alderman and mercer of London.
From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)
There can be no question of differences of feoffment.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
They cannot, they say, help her to her "conjunct feoffment" while her brother makes war on them, and she knows not where any other help may be got.
From Studies from Court and Cloister: being essays, historical and literary dealing mainly with subjects relating to the XVIth and XVIIth centuries by Stone, J. M. (Jean Mary)
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