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Definition of Enfeoffing
1. enfeoff [v] - See also: enfeoff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Enfeoffing
Literary usage of Enfeoffing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1899)
"... or the like, he may be able to effect this [P.] by enfeoffing X in order that
he may be re-enfeoffed. But there are obvious objections to this practice. ..."
2. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England: Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1823)
"Various modes of preventing the descent were practised. One was enfeoffing the
heir in the ancestor's life-time ; and another was ..."
3. The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England, Or, A Commentary ...by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham by Edward Coke, Thomas Littleton, Francis Hargrave, Charles Butler, Matthew Hale, Heneage Finch Nottingham (1853)
"Various modes of preventing the descent were practised. One was enfeoffing the
heir in the ancestor's life-time; and another was ..."
4. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1893)
"The enfeoffing deed was the ultimate foundation of the vassal's rights, and was
necessarily a priceless possession. There are many tales of faithful ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"The heirs were not disabled from enfeoffing an American citizen. They might have
entered, and have executed a conveyance for the land. ..."
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