enfeoff

English - Turkish

Definition of enfeoff in English Turkish dictionary

tımar şeklinde vermek

tımar veya zeamet fermanı

{f} tımar vermek

tımar veya zeamet vermek

enfeoffment zeamet verme

zeamet ver

(fiil) tımar vermek

English - English

Definition of enfeoff in English English dictionary

To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transfer a fief to

{v} to invest, to put into possessioin

{f} reward with a fief, reward with a piece of land (during the Middle Ages)

To put (a person) in legal possession of a freehold interest; to transer a fief to

put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society; "He enfeoffed his son-in-law with a large estate in Scotland

To give in vassalage; to make subservient

To give a feud, or right in land, to; to invest with a fief or fee; to invest (any one) with a freehold estate by the process of feoffment

Hyphenation

en·feoff

Etymology

[ in-'fef, -'fEf, en- ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English enfeoffen, from Anglo-French enfeoffer, from Old French en- + fief fief.

Tenses

enfeoffing, enfeoffed