verb
- to grant possession of land or property to someone in feudal law
Usage: archaic; legal history
Examples
- The lord decided to infeoff his loyal knight with a large estate.
- Medieval kings would infeoff their vassals in exchange for military service.
- The ceremony to infeoff the new tenant took place at the castle.
- Documents show that the baron was infeoffed with these lands in 1204.
- To infeoff someone meant to formally transfer feudal ownership.
- The practice to infeoff loyal subjects helped maintain the feudal system.