单词 | feoffee |
释义 | feoffee/fɛˈfiː / /fiːˈfiː/noun 1A trustee invested with a freehold estate to hold in possession for a purpose, typically a charitable one.He became a legal advisor to Lord FitzWalter and later to his son, as well as a feoffee of the FitzWalter estates; he similarly served the Earl of Oxford, who had landed and commercial interests in Maldon....
1.1 historical (In feudal law) a person to whom a grant of freehold property is made.The Sunday market was renting land owned by the feoffees, an ancient feudal society with land rights. OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French feoffe 'enfeoffed', past participle of feoffer, variant of Old French fieffer (see feoffment). |
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