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Infeudation

Infeudation \In`feu*da"tion\, n. [LL. infeudatio, fr. infeudare to enfeoff: cf. F. inf['e]odation. See Feud a fief.]

  1. (Law) The act of putting one in possession of an estate in fee.
    --Sir M. Hale.

  2. The granting of tithes to laymen.
    --Blackstone.

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infeudation

n. The act, under the feudal system, of putting someone into possession of a fee or fief; enfeoffment

Usage examples of "infeudation".

As though the infeudation to which Skiljan and Gerrien had appealed for protection was at best a story with which the silth of the packfast justified their robberies to packs supposedly beholden to them.