Fēoff'ment, n.

(fĕf'ment), n. [O. Fr. féofment, L. Lat. 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 U. S. Rare in Eng.]