1. Plural of feoffee; persons to whom a fief or fee is granted; trustees or grantees in a legal conveyance of property.
Usage: archaic; legal/historical; primarily used in property law and medieval English history

Examples

• The feoffees held the estate in trust for the benefit of the parish.
• Medieval feoffees were responsible for managing the lands granted to them.
• The deed named three feoffees to oversee the property transfer.
• Feoffees in the 14th century often served as custodians of charitable lands.
• The feoffees were bound by strict legal obligations to their beneficiaries.