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ENFEOFFMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("enfeoffment" is a kind 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)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
enfeoff (put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society)
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