Definitions for feoff
fɛf, fiffe·off

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fief, feoffnoun

   a piece of land held under the feudal system

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To FEOFFverb

   To put in possession; to invest with right.

   Etymology: fief, fieffer, French; feoffare, low Latin.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. feoff

   A fief (; Latin: feudum) was a central element in medieval contracts based on feudal law. It consisted of a form of property holding or other rights granted by an overlord to a vassal, who held it in fealty or "in fee" in return for a form of feudal allegiance, services and/or payments. The fees were often lands, land revenue or revenue-producing real property like a watermill, held in feudal land tenure: these are typically known as fiefs or fiefdoms. However, not only land but anything of value could be held in fee, including governmental office, rights of exploitation such as hunting, fishing or felling trees, monopolies in trade, money rents and tax farms. There never did exist one feudal system, nor did there exist one type of fief. Over the ages, depending on the region, there was a broad variety of customs using the same basic legal principles in many variations.

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1. feoff

   Feoff is a historical term used in English law to refer to the act of granting possession or ownership of land or property to someone by a feudal overlord, typically through the process of enfeoffment. This action created a relationship of feudal tenure between the giver (feoffor) and the receiver (feoffee).

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Feoffverb

   to invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff

2. Feoffnoun

   a fief. See Fief

3. Etymology: [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Feoff

   fef, n. a fief.—v.t. to grant possession of a fief or property in land.—ns. Feoffee′, the person invested with the fief; Feoff′er, Feoff′or, he who grants the fief; Feoff′ment, the gift of a fief or feoff. [O. Fr. feoffer or fiefer—O. Fr. fief. See Fee.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of feoff in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of feoff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=feoff
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=feoff
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feoff
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feoff
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=feoff