feoffee
a person invested with a fief.
Origin of feoffee
1Other words from feoffee
- feoff·ee·ship, noun
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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 MaitlandOnly 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 ComynJohn Hand was a feoffee for many years, and during his time executed, as was usual, the office of collector or treasurer.
British Dictionary definitions for feoffee
/ (fɛˈfiː, fiːˈfiː) /
(in feudal society) a vassal granted a fief by his lord
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