FEOFFMENT

(fef’ment), in law, that mode of conveying property in Jand where the land pa es by livery in deed, that is, actual delivery of a portion of the land, as a twig or a turf; or when the parties, being on the land, the feoffer expre ly gives it to the feoffee. As the statute of uses has introduced @ more convenient mode of conveyance, feoffments are now rarely used except by corporations. Further, they are now of no effect unle accompanied by deed. See SEIZIN; SASINE. FER4t NATURA (‘of a_ wild nature’),the name given in the Roman law _to beasts and birds that live ina wild state, as distinguished from those which are domite nature, that is, tame animals such as horses and sheep. The right of property in such animals exists only as long as they are in a state of confinement or within the boundaries of the po e or’s lands, unle it can be proved that any special animal had been trained to return to its master’s property.