English-Thai Dictionary
enfeoff
VT มอบ มรดก ที่ดิน ให้
enfeoffment
N การ มอบ มรดก ที่ดิน ให้
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
ENFEOFF
v.t.enfeff'. [Law L. feaffo, feoffare, from fief, which see. ] 1. To give one a feud; hence, to invest with a fee; to give to another any corporeal hereditament, in fee simple or fee tail, by livery of seizin.
2. To surrender or give up. [Not used. ]
ENFEOFFED
pp. Invested with the fee of any corporeal hereditament.
ENFEOFFING
ppr. Giving to one the fee simple of any corporeal hereditament.
ENFEOFFMENT
n.The act of giving the fee simple of an estate. 1. The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENFEOFF
En *feoff " (; see Feoff, 277 ), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed; p. pr. &vb. n. Enfeoffing. ] Etym: [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.]
1. (Law )
Defn: To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one ) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. Mozley & W.
2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs. ] [The king ] enfeoffed himself to popularity. Shak.
ENFEOFFMENT
ENFEOFFMENT En *feoff "ment, n. (Law )(a ) The act of enfeoffing. (b ) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with the fee of an estate.
New American Oxford Dictionary
enfeoff
en feoff |enˈfēf ɪnˈfif | ▶verb [ with obj. ] historical (under the feudal system ) give (someone ) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service. • give (property or land ) in this way: the lands were enfeoffed to the baron. DERIVATIVES en feoff ment noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enfeoffer, from Old French en- ‘in ’ + fief ‘fief. ’ Compare with feoffment .
Oxford Dictionary
enfeoff
enfeoff |ɪnˈfiːf, -ˈfɛf, ɛn- | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (under the feudal system ) give (someone ) freehold property or land in exchange for their pledged service. DERIVATIVES enfeoffment noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French enfeoffer, from Old French en- ‘in ’ + fief ‘fief ’. Compare with feoffment .
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