feoffee

American  

[fef-ee, fee-fee] / ˈfɛf i, fiˈfi /

noun

1. a person invested with a fief.

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feoffee British  

/ fɛˈfiː, fiːˈfiː /

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• feoffeeship noun

Etymology

Origin of feoffee

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

Example Sentences

The estate, however, reverted to the crown if the race of the original feoffee became extinct, and in cases, also, of felony and treason.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)

They deal almost exclusively with the case of a feoffment made by the lord to a villain and his heirs, and give the feoffee an action only on the ground of implied manumission.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

The appointment of Oliver Cromwell as a feoffee does not appear in any of the documents now remaining with the governors of the charity.

From Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850 by Various

The common form was a grant “to the feoffee and the heirs of his body,” by which limitation it was sought to prevent alienation from the lineage of the first purchaser.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various

There are, at least, a score of similar instances: the ancestral sacrifices seem to refer rather to posterity, whilst those to gods of the land and grain appear more connected with rights as feoffee.

From Ancient China Simplified by Parker, Edward Harper