enfeoffment

enfeoffment (en-fef-m[schwa]nt or en-feef-), n.

1. At common law, the act or process of transferring possession and ownership of an estate in land. — Also termed infeudation; infeudatio.

2. The property or estate so transferred.

3. The instrument or deed by which one obtains such property or estate. — Also spelled infeoffment. — Also termed feoffment; (in Scots law) infeftment.

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