Meaning & use
Enfeoffment
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In feudal law, the formal act of granting someone land or a fief in exchange for a pledge of service or loyalty.
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The charter records the king's enfeoffment of the baron with lands along the river.
Enfeoffment created a chain of obligation binding tenant to lord throughout the feudal hierarchy.
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From Old French "fieffer," the same root that gives English "fee" and "fief"; the word survives mainly in historical and legal scholarship.
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investiture
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