feoff

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feoff - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Feoff \Feoff\, n. (Law)
     A fief. See Fief.
     [1913 Webster]

  Feoff \Feoff\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feoffed; p. pr. &
     vb. n.. Feoffing.] [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F.
     fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See
     Fief.] (Law)
     To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal
     hereditament to; to enfeoff.
     [1913 Webster]

feoff - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  feoff
      n 1: a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: fief,
           feoff]