in|feu|da|tion

in|feu|da|tion
in|feu|da|tion «IHN fyoo DAY shuhn», noun. English Law.
1. a) the conferring of an estate in fee. b) the feudal relation which such a grant established.
2. the granting of tithes to laymen.
[< Medieval Latin infeudatio, -onis < infeudare to enfeoff < in- in + feudum fee, feud]

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