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PRONUNCIATION OF FEOFFMENT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEOFFMENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feoffment is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FEOFFMENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

feoffment

Feoffment

In the Middle Ages, especially under the European feudal system, feoffment or enfeoffment was the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service. This mechanism was later used to avoid restrictions on the passage of title in land by a system in which a landowner would give land to one person for the use of another. The common law of estates in land grew from this concept.

Definition of feoffment in the English dictionary

The definition of feoffment in the dictionary is a lord's act of granting a fief to his man.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FEOFFMENT


advertisement
ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt
agreement
əˈɡriːmənt
apartment
əˈpɑːtmənt
assessment
əˈsɛsmənt
department
dɪˈpɑːtmənt
development
dɪˈvɛləpmənt
document
ˈdɒkjʊmənt
element
ˈɛlɪmənt
employment
ɪmˈplɔɪmənt
enfeoffment
ɪnˈfiːfmənt
engagement
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒmənt
engulfment
ɪnˈɡʌlfmənt
enserfment
ɪnˈsɜːfmənt
entertainment
ˌɛntəˈteɪnmənt
environment
ɪnˈvaɪrənmənt
equipment
ɪˈkwɪpmənt
government
ˈɡʌvənmənt
improvement
ɪmˈpruːvmənt
ingulfment
ɪnˈɡʌlfmənt
vouchsafement
ˌvaʊtʃˈseɪfmənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEOFFMENT

fent
fentanyl
fenthion
Fenton
fenugreek
fenuron
feod
feodal
feodary
feoff
feoffee
feoffer
feoffor
fer-de-lance
feracious
feracity
feral
feral child
feralized
ferbam

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEOFFMENT

announcement
appointment
argument
arrangement
attachment
basement
comment
commitment
enforcement
experiment
implement
management
moment
movement
payment
replacement
statement
the moment
tournament
treatment

Synonyms and antonyms of feoffment in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «feoffment» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEOFFMENT

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The translations of feoffment from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feoffment» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

feoffment
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

feoffment
570 millions of speakers

English

feoffment
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

feoffment
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

feoffment
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

feoffment
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feoffment
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

feoffment
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inféodation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekecewaan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

feoffment
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

feoffment
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

feoffment
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kepenak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

feoffment
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

feoffment
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तात्पुरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

feoffment
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

infeudamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

feoffment
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

feoffment
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

atribuire de feudă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

feoffment
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

feoffment
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

feoffment
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feoffment
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feoffment

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEOFFMENT»

The term «feoffment» is normally little used and occupies the 121.886 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEOFFMENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feoffment

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEOFFMENT»

Discover the use of feoffment in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feoffment and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The law-dictionary: explaining the rise, progress, and ...
10. for transferring the possession to the use, the necessity of lively of seisin for passing a freehold in corporeal hereditaments, has been almost wholly superseded ; and in consequence of it, the conveyance by feoffment is now very little in ...
Giles Jacob, Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1811
2
A New Law-dictionary: Containing the Interpretation and ...
Feme Feoffor made a Feoffment of Land" with Livery in View, and then married the Feoffee before the Livery was executed by actual Entry ; it was adjudged the Livery might be executed afier Marriage, the Feoffee having not only an Authority  ...
Giles Jacob, Sir John Holt, 2004
3
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary: Containing Full ...
L.Lat. [from/eo- fare, q. v.] In old English law. A feoffment ; the gift of a fee ; the act of enfeoffing. Spelman, voc. Feoffare. More commonly written feoffamentum, (q. v. ) FEOFARE. L.Lat. To enfeoff. Spelman. See Feoffare. FEOFFAMENTUM. L. Lat.
Alexander Mansfield Burrill, 1850
4
An Analytical Digested Index to the Common Law Reports: From ...
103 c. 13. If a lessor be bound to repair fences, he cannot distrain the cattle of a stranger, that have strayed into the land by reason of his neglect to repair them. Elmore v. Tucker, 6 Mod. 198. FEOFFMENT. I. What feoffments are good, p. 690. II.
Thomas Coventry, Samuel Hughes, 1832
5
The Touchstone of Common Assurances: Being a Plain and ...
One joint-tenant cannot make a feoffment of his part of Joint-ttnants. •7. Fiiz. faits the land to his companion, for a man cannot give a pos- Tenants in ml feoffments sesgion to him that hath it before (o). And hence it is "»"">»• also that the lessor ...
William Sheppard, Edmond Gibson Atherly, 1826
6
A Compleat Body of Conveyancing: In Theory and Practice ...
7 Seisin of it; or is the Lessor in the Absence of the Lessce, his Wife, Servants and Children, enters upon the Thing in Lease, and makes a Feoffment and Livery of Seism thereof: In these Cases there is a good Feoffment to pass the Reversion  ...
Edward Wood (conveyancer), John Salthouse, 1770
7
The practical conveyancer: in two parts
^position Of SBOJD0. See Words. Exposition of Words used in Conveyances, 141 to 153 Seven Grounds for the Exposition of Words, 141 jrcoffmertt. THE usual Conveyance at Common Law was Feoffment with Livery, 132 What a Feoffment is, ...
John Lilly, 1719
8
The Law Library
and inheritance of the estate was in the feoffees, so that it was the feoffment of a person who had only a bare and naked possession (unaccompanied with right) to a stranger. The feoffment could not have been made good by the statute of 1 R.
9
A Digest of the Laws of England
So, if two manors be divided alternis -vicilus between par-" ceners, either may make a feoffment of her manor ; and the deed ought to comprehend both, and she shall make livery in one secundum formam chart* this year, and in the other the ...
Sir John Comyns, Stewart Kyd, 1793
10
The history of the borough, castle, and barony of Alnwick
John Harengs holds Little Houtton by one fee of ancient feoffment. Adam Rybaud holds Howyc by one fee of ancient feoffment. William de Rok holds Rok by half a fee of ancient feoffment. Roger, eon of Ralph, holds North Charleton and ...
George Tate, 1866

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEOFFMENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feoffment is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Hadleigh council wants public views on Corn Exchange future after …
... Corn Exchange was built when there was a boom in agricultural locally and owned by the Hadleigh Market Feoffment Charity until being sold ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»
2
Project launched to transform Guildhall into a heritage centre for …
The Guildhall Project is led by the Bury St Edmunds Heritage Trust, supported by the Guildhall Feoffment (freehold trustees of the Guildhall) ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jul 15»
3
Creative pupils help complete flower project
Primary schools taking part were Guildhall Feoffment, Sextons Manor, St Edmunds and Barrow plus Riverwalk, St James and Howard Middle ... «Bury Free Press, Jun 15»
4
Gallery: Children plant their colourful handmade flowers in the …
Those involved included pupils from Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School and students from West Suffolk College. Carpentry ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Jun 15»
5
SLIDESHOW: Dragon parade in Bury St Edmunds offers taste of …
... and other schools and smaller dragons held by pupils from Guildhall Feoffment Community Primary School ANL-150617-232836009. «Bury Free Press, Jun 15»
6
Schools' musicians get the chance to play at Bury's Apex
The schools taking part were, on Thursday, Bacton, Chilton, Gt Barton, Guildhall Feoffment, Rattlesden, Risby, Sextons Manor, St Edmunds, ... «Bury Free Press, Jun 15»
7
Take a tour of Bury St Edmunds' hidden horticultural jewels
... try 42 Northgate Street, a former pub, or the central rose garden in the courtyard of the Guildhall Feoffment almshouses in College Lane. «Bury Free Press, Jun 15»
8
Disappointment at refusals for Suffolk schools
In Bury St Edmunds, there were 17 refusals for Guildhall Feoffment, 10 for St Louis Catholic Academy, six for Abbots Green and 16 for Sebert ... «Bury Free Press, Apr 15»
9
Rousing crescendo for Bury Schools Partnership's classical music …
Schools involved were Abbots Green, Great Whelnetham, Guildhall Feoffment, Ickworth Park, Riverwalk, St Edmunds, St Edmundsbury, Sebert ... «Bury Free Press, Mar 15»
10
Gallery: Musical youth hitting all the right notes at Snape Maltings …
Yesterday was the turn of Birchwood Primary, Old Newton Primary, Kersey Primary, Westbridge, Guildhall Feoffment Primary, Stowupland High ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Mar 15»

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