Enfeoffment
ENFEOFFMENT
Also known as feoffment. Complete surrender and transfer of all land ownership rights from one person to another. In oldenglish law, an enfeoffment was a transfer of property by which the new owner was given both the right to sell the land and the right to pass it on to heirs, evidenced by livery of seisin, a ceremony for transferring the possession of real property from one individual to another.
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trans·fer • v. / transˈfər; ˈtransfər/ (-ferred , -fer·ring ) [tr.] move (someone or something) from one place to anoth… Reversion , re·ver·sion / riˈvərzhən/ • n. 1. a return to a previous state, practice, or belief: there was some reversion to polytheism | [in sing.] a reversion… Personal Property , Everything that is the subject of ownership that does not come under the denomination of real property; any right or interest that an individual has… Easement , A right of use over the property of another. Traditionally the permitted kinds of uses were limited, the most important being rights of way and right… Alienable , al·ien·a·ble / ˈālēənəbəl; ˈālyənə-/ • adj. Law able to be transferred to new ownership. DERIVATIVES: a·lien·a·bil·i·ty / ˌālēənəˈbilitē; ˌālyən-/ n.… Transference , The term transference denotes a shift onto another person—usually the psychoanalyst—of feelings, desires, and modes of relating formerly organized or…
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