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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was given land in exchange for a pledge of service; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Enfeoffment \En*feoff"ment\, n. (Law)
      (a) The act of enfeoffing.
      (b) The instrument or deed by which one is invested with
          the fee of an estate.
          [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

enfeoffment
    n 1: under the feudal system, the deed by which a person was
         given land in exchange for a pledge of service