Origin Medieval Europe, feudal system
Feoffment, or enfeoffment, was the deed by which a person was granted land in exchange for a pledge of service under the feudal system of the European Middle Ages, and it forms one of the historical roots of the common law framework governing estates in land. The mechanism was later adapted so that a landowner could convey property to one person to hold for the benefit of another, a use that developed partly to work around restrictions on transferring land titles directly. The word itself derives from Old French forms related to the Late Latin feoffamentum. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Origin PeriodMedieval Europe, feudal system 1 Core PrincipleA land transfer that gave the new holder the right to sell the land and pass it to heirs 1 Origin Period
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In Area Of Law
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In Legal System
Source Feoffment (Wikipedia)
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1. Feoffment (Wikipedia)
Lead sentence, opening clause
In the Middle Ages, especially under the European feudal system, feoffment
England section
In English law, feoffment was a transfer of land or property that gave the new holder the right to sell it as well as the right to pass it on to his heirs as an inheritance.
- In Group: Estate in Land, lead paragraph defines the estate grant
In Legal System: Common Law, Introduction
The common law of estates in land grew from this concept.
View the Source2. Wikipedia: Feoffment
the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service; the common law of estates in land grew from this conceptView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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