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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Infeudation

In/feud-ā'tion, n.

noun

(-fūd-), n. See INFEUDATION.

Ĭn/feū-dā'tion, n.

noun

n. [L. Lat. infeudatio, from infeudare, to enfeoff; It. infeudazione, Pr. & Sp. infeudacion, Fr. inféodation. See FEUD.]

  1. (Law.) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee. Hale.
  2. The granting of tithes to laymen. Blackstone.