Definition of enfeoff Enfeoff
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What does enfeoff mean?
WordNet
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| enfeoff - put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society; "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland" | ||
| give proffer (a body part); "She gave her hand to her little sister" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- enfeoff (Verb)
To put a person in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transfer a fief to.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- enfeoff (v. t.)
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. - enfeoff (v. t.)
To give in vassalage; to make subservient.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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enfeoff
en-fef′, v.t. to give a fief to: to invest with a possession in fee: to surrender.—n. Enfeoff′ment, act of enfeoffing: the deed which invests with the fee of an estate. [O. Fr. enfeffer—en-, and fief. See Fief, Feoff.]
