Definition of Enfeoffing. Meaning of Enfeoffing. Synonyms of Enfeoffing

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Definition of Enfeoffing

Enfeoffing
Enfeoff En*feoff" (?; see Feoff, 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfeoffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfeoffing.] [Pref. en- + feoff, fief: cf. LL. infeofare, OF. enfeffer, enfeofer.] 1. (Law) 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. --Mozley & W. 2. To give in vassalage; to make subservient. [Obs.] [The king] enfeoffed himself to popularity. --Shak.

Meaning of Enfeoffing from wikipedia

- the feoffee sub-enfeoffed his holding, for example when he created a new manor, he would become overlord to the person so enfeoffed, and a mesne lord...
- own use, occupation, or support. This distinguished it from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants. In contrast, the entire territory controlled...
- it as a subordinate fief to his own sub-tenant, a process known as sub-enfeoffing or "subinfeudation". The 1290 Statute of Quia Emptores abolished subinfeudation...
- care breaking the power of the court eunuchs and unrelated magnates, enfeoffing his many sons throughout China and attempting to guide these princes through...
- elites, and changes in the composition of the upper classes, as William enfeoffed lands to be held directly from the king. More gradual changes affected...
- Admiral Zheng He was instructed to confer a seal upon Keyili of Kochi and enfeoff a mountain in his kingdom as the Zhenguo Zhi Shan (鎮國之山, Mountain Which...
- William the Conqueror established his favoured followers as barons by enfeoffing them as tenants-in-chief with great fiefdoms to be held per baroniam,...
- placate his prominent commanders from the war with Chu, Emperor Gaozu enfeoffed some of them as kings. By 196, the Han court had replaced all of these...
- They took over most of the central and lower Yellow River valley and enfeoffed their relatives and allies in semi-independent states across the region...
- plateau that included the territory of Liechtenstein. This region was enfeoffed to the Counts of Hohenems until the sale to the Liechtenstein dynasty...