enfeoffment
English Thesaurus
1. under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service (noun.communication)
hypernym | : | deed, deed of conveyance, title, |
definition | : | a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it (noun.communication) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
derivation | : | enfeoff, |
definition | : | put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society (verb.possession) |
derivation | : | enfeoff, |
definition | : | put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society (verb.possession) |
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