1. The act of investing someone with a fief or fee; the transfer of a freehold estate in land by delivery of possession.
Usage: archaic; legal history; primarily used in historical and legal contexts relating to feudal or medieval property law

Examples

• The enfeoffment of the knight by the lord granted him control of the manor for life.
• Medieval property transfers often involved a formal enfeoffment ceremony.
• The document recorded the enfeoffment of the estate to the new heir.
• Enfeoffment was a common method of conveying land in feudal England.
• The king's enfeoffment of his vassal established the feudal relationship between them.