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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
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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
feoffee
/ (fɛˈfiː, fiːˈfiː) /
noun
(in feudal society) a vassal granted a fief by his lord
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