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. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. feoffement, fieffement; cf. LL. feoffamentum. ] (Law) (a) The grant of a feud or fee. (b) (Eng. Law) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession. Burrill.
(c) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed. [ Obs. in the U.S., Rare in Eng. ]