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Feoff"ment (?), n. [OF.
feoffement, fieffement; cf. LL. 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 the U.S., Rare in
Eng.]

{ Feo"for (?), Feof"fer (?) },
n. [OF. feoour.] (Law) One who
enfeoffs or grants a fee.

Fer (?), a. & adv. Far.
[Obs.] Chaucer.

Fe*ra"cious (?), a. [L. ferax,
-acis, fr. ferre to bear.] Fruitful; producing
abundantly. [R.] Thomson.

Fe*rac"i*ty (?), n. [L.
feracitas.] The state of being feracious or
fruitful. [Obs.] Beattie.

||Fe"ræ (?), n. pl. [L., wild
animals, fem. pl. of ferus wild.


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