CONTRA FORMAM FEOFFMENTI

contra formam feoffmenti (kon-tr[schwa] for-m[schwa]m feef-men-tI). [Latin “contrary to the form of the feoffment”] Hist. A writ that commanded a landowner to stop demanding from a tenant more services than those included in the tenant’s deed to the land. — Also spelled contra formam feoffamenti. “Contra formam feoffamenti is a writ that lies where a […]