enfeffement (1366)
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enfeffement (1366)

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  FEW:  *fehu 15/ii,118a Gdf:  enfeffement 3,143b GdfC: ∅ TL: enfeffement 3,326 DEAF:  fief (enfefement)  DMF:  enfiefement  TLF: ∅ OED:  enfeoffment n.  MED:  enfeffement n.  DMLBS: ∅
 

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1 law enfeoffment, action of investing a person with a fief or fee: 
( 1366; MS: 1570-1610 ) si ceux alienours ou feffours pregnent les profitz des ditz terres et tenementes aprés tielz alienations ou enfeffements faitz [...]  62.XXIII,7
afeffement  enfeffer  enfeffur  feffement 
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