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From the Oxford English Dictionary Word-a-Day
enfeoff, v.


(nff) Forms: . 5 enfeffe, enfefe, 6 enfeoffe, 5- enfeoff. Also 5 enfeffee. . 5-7 infeof(f, 6 infeffe, 7 infeft. Also 6 infeoffee. See also ENFIEF. [a. OF. enfeffer, enfieffer (AF. enfeoffer), f. en- (see EN-1) + fief FIEF. In Anglo-Lat. infeoffre.]

1. trans. To invest with a fief; to put (a person) in possession of the fee-simple or fee-tail of lands, tenements, etc. Also absol. Const. in, of, on, later with; also simply.

1400-50 Alexander 2793 [Alexander] enfeffid aim belyue, In palais, in prouince, in principall regnes. 1411 SIR T. LANGEFORD in E.E. Wills (1882) 18 Y pray alle ow at bene enfeffeed in my londes..at e fulfylle my forseyd wylle. 1426 E.E. Wills (1882) 71 ay wolde enfeffe Philippe Dene on vj marces of rente. 1467 Mann. & Househ. Exp. 172 Karowe and I withe oder waren enfefed in a howese and land. 1531 Dial. Laws Eng. II. xvi. (1638) 86 The grantor enfeoffeth the grantee of one of the said acres. 1590 GREENE Fr. Bacon x. 14, I will enfeoff fair Margaret in all. 1611 SPEED Hist. Gt. Brit. IX. ix. (1632) 614 The Scottish King claimed that Country from King John, who by his deed enfeoffed him thereof. 1655 FULLER Ch. Hist. III. vi. ยง13 We..shall take such tenements into our hand, and shall enfeoffe others therein. 1785 BURKE Sp. Nabob Arcot's Debts Wks. IV. 308 A criminal..is..enfeoffed with an estate. 1818 CRUISE Digest I. 43 If the lord enfeoffs another of the tenancy, this makes the land frank fee. a1845 BARHAM Ingol. Leg. (1877) 337 The veteran was enfeoffed in the lands and Manor. 1876 BANCROFT Hist. U.S. I. xiii. 433 Charles II..enfeoffed his brother, the Duke of York, with the counties between Pemaquid and the St. Croix.

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