enfeoff

• Historisches Rechtsverb: jemandem ein Lehen oder ein Lehnsgut übertragen; jemanden mit Grundbesitz belehnen und ihm daran Eigentums- bzw. Nutzungsrechte verleihen.

A historical legal verb meaning to give someone a fief or feudal estate; to invest with a freehold interest in land.

1. Grant land in feudal tenureC2formalbritish

   To invest someone with a freehold estate in land in exchange for a pledge of service or loyalty, as practiced in feudal society.

   mit Lehen belehnen

   • The king enfeoffed his loyal knight with vast estates in the north.
   • Under feudal law, the lord would enfeoff a vassal with land in return for military service.
   • The ceremony was held to formally enfeoff the baron with the manor.

   Synonymeconveyfeoffgrantinvest

   Antonymedispossessdivest