feoffee
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of feoffee
1275–1325; Middle English feoffe < Anglo-French, past participle of feoffer to feoff; see -ee
Example Sentences
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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
After the death of the feoffee the grant reverted to the State; and the governor thereupon disposed of it anew.
From The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes by Craig, Austin
There is in Ely, where Cromwell for some years resided, an extensive charity known as Parson's Charity, of which he was a feoffee or governor.
From Notes and Queries, Number 29, May 18, 1850 by Various
He was in that year feoffee collector for twelve poor alms-people living in Clement-Dane's Church-Yard; whose pensions I in his absence paid weekly, to his and the parish's great satisfaction.
From William Lilly's History of His Life and Times From the Year 1602 to 1681 by Ashmole, Elias
Livery in law, in order to pass the estate, had to be perfected by entry by the feoffee during the joint lives of himself and the feoffor.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" by Various
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