ENFEOFFMENT

Pronunciation (US):

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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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