Crossword-Solution: ENFEOFF
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Enfeoff | v. t. | To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment. |
| Enfeoff | v. t. | To give in vassalage; to make subservient. |
We have 3 clues for the answer “ENFEOFF”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Invest with an estate | 1 answer |
| invest (a person) with possession of a freehold estate in land | 1 answer |
| put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
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Sentences with ENFEOFF (5)
With the dower-lands to enfeoff them that we gave for bridal right Of the lands of our possession, thy daughters shall have sight, And those wherein the children to be born to us shall share." The Cid my lord the Campeador scented no insult there: "I shall give you my daughters and of my wealth dispone.
For instance, A, holding by barons's service of the King, may enfeoff B, a church, to hold of him on the terms of praying for the souls of his ancestors, and B may enfeoff a freeman C to hold of the church by giving it a certain percentage of his crops every year.
The suggestion of such a commutation no doubt arose in connexion with the Church baronies, whose holders would find many reasons against personal service in the field, especially in the prohibition of the canon law, and who in most cases preferred not to enfeoff on their lands knights enough to meet their military obligations to the king.
The possessions which pertain to the support of my Archbishopric, I will not sell, nor give away, nor pledge, nor re-enfeoff, nor alienate in any way, without first consulting the Roman Pontiff.
See Fief.] (Law) Defn: To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1983).