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Enfeoff

2021/6/11
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Enfeoff is a verb that means ‘to surrender property.’

Coming from Middle English, our word of the day has traditionally been used in legal proceedings to describe the exchange of property. For example: The owner of the building isn’t happy to surrender the property he’s owned for many years, but according to the law, he has to enfeoff it to the new owner once a deal has been struck.