verb
- past tense of feoff; to invest with a fief or fee; to give possession of a freehold estate in land.
Usage: archaic; legal/historical; chiefly British
Examples
- The lord feoffed his son with the manor and its lands.
- In medieval times, a vassal was feoffed with property in exchange for service.
- The deed recorded that the king feoffed the knight with extensive holdings.
- Once feoffed, the tenant held the estate in perpetuity.