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"Section F, G and H"

See
Feudal.


Feo*dal"i*ty (?), n. Feudal
tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.

Burke.


Feod"a*ry (?), n. 1.
An accomplice.


Art thou a feodary for this act?

Shak.


2. (Eng. Law) An ancient officer of
the court of wards.
Burrill.


Feod"a*to*ry (?), n. See
Feudatory.


Feoff (?; 277), v. t. [imp. &
p. p.
Feoffed (#); p. pr. & vb.
n.
. Feoffing.] [OE. feffen, OF.
feffer, fieffer, F. fieffer, fr. fief
fief; cf. LL. feoffare, fefare. See Fief.]
(Law) To invest with a fee or feud; to give or grant a
corporeal hereditament to; to enfeoff.


Feoff, n. (Law) A fief. See
Fief.


Feof*fee" (?; 277), n. [OF.
feoffé.] (Law) The person to whom a
feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed.


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