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

Livery in law was made not on but in sight of this land, the feoffor saying to the feoffee, “I give you that land; enter and take possession.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 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

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

Only those who were privies in estate with the original feoffee to uses, were bound by the use.

From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell