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English Dictionary: feoff by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
feoff
n
  1. a piece of land held under the feudal system [syn: fief, feoff]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feoff \Feoff\ (?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Feoffed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n.. {Feoffing}.] [OE. feffen, OF. feffer, fieffer, F.
      fieffer, fr. fief fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See
      {Fief}.] (Law)
      To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a corporeal
      hereditament to; to enfeoff.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Feoff \Feoff\, n. (Law)
      A fief. See {Fief}.
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