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    ENFEOFFMENT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of serviceplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("enfeoffment" is a kind of...):

    deed; deed of conveyance; title (a legal document signed and sealed and delivered to effect a transfer of property and to show the legal right to possess it)

    Domain category:

    jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

    Derivation:

    enfeoff (put in possession of land in exchange for a pledge of service, in feudal society)

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