feoffee

[ fef-ee, fee-fee ]

/ ˈfɛf i, fiˈfi /

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noun

a person invested with a fief.

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Origin of feoffee

1275–1325; Middle English feoffe<Anglo-French, past participle of feoffer to feoff; see -ee

OTHER WORDS FROM feoffee

feoff·ee·ship, noun

Words nearby feoffee

Fenton, fenugreek, fenuron, feodary, feoff, feoffee, feoffment, Feosol, FEPA, FEPC, fer

How to use feoffee in a sentence

Except in the cases, comparatively rare before the statute Quia Emptores, in which the feoffee is to hold of the feoffors lord.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
Only those who were privies in estate with the original feoffee to uses, were bound by the use.
The Common Law|Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
After the death of the feoffee the grant reverted to the State; and the governor thereupon disposed of it anew.
The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes|Toms de Comyn
John Hand was a feoffee for many years, and during his time executed, as was usual, the office of collector or treasurer.
Notes & Queries No. 29, Saturday, May 18, 1850|Various

British Dictionary definitions for feoffee

feoffee

/ (fɛˈfiː, fiːˈfiː) /

noun

(in feudal society) a vassal granted a fief by his lord

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