feoffer, feoffor

[Old Fr. feoffor; Low Lat. feoff at or.] Eng. Law: One who enfeoffs or invests another with a fief; one who grants a fee. *feoff-ment, *feffe-ment, s . [O. Fr. féofment ; Low Lat. feoff amentum .] Eng . Law : 1. The act of granting a feud or fee. 2. The conveyance or gift of any corporeal hereditament to another, accompanied by actual delivery of po e ion, as by handing over a twig, or a turf. Without such delivery, called livery of seisin, the feoffee had at common law but a mere estate at will. 3. The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed. *fe-or, s . [O. Fr., Ital., & Port., fero , from Lat. forum a market.] Price value. *feorm, *feorme, s . [A. S. feorm , fear me =food, goods, use, advantage.] [FARM.] Eng . Law : A certain portion of the produce of land, due by a grantee to the lord according to the terms of the charter. ( Wharton .) *fě-rā-cio us, a . [Lat. ferax (gen it. feracis ), from fero =to bear.] Bearing, fruitful, productive. *fě-răç-i-ty, s. [Lat. feracitas , from ferax (gen it. feracis)=fruitful.] Fruitfulne , fertility, productivene .