Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
feoffment with livery of seisin — An early English method of conveyance by which the transferor met the transferee at or near the land to be transferred and handed over a twig or clod while reciting to witnesses that the transfer was being made … Black's law dictionary
Seisin — is the possession of such an estate in land as was anciently thought worthy to be held by a free man. (Williams, On Seisin , p. 2)EtymologySeisin comes from Middle English saysen , seysen , in the legal sense of to put in possession of, or to… … Wikipedia
feoffment — /féfmsnt/fiyfment/ The gift of any corporeal hereditament to another, operating by transmutation of possession, and requiring, as essential to its completion, that the seisin be passed, which might be accomplished either by investiture or by… … Black's law dictionary
feoffment — /féfmsnt/fiyfment/ The gift of any corporeal hereditament to another, operating by transmutation of possession, and requiring, as essential to its completion, that the seisin be passed, which might be accomplished either by investiture or by… … Black's law dictionary
feoffment — I A common law method of conveying the title to real estate, accompanied by traditional and conventional livery of seisin. 23 Am J2d Deeds § 11. II The act of enfoeffing or investing a person with a fee. The transfer of a fee, a freehold or a… … Ballentine's law dictionary
History of English land law — Material here has been extracted from the 1911 Britannica encyclopedia. The history of English land law derives from a mixture of Roman, Norman and modern legislative sources.OutlineSuch terms as fee or homage carry us back into feudal times.… … Wikipedia
Quia Emptores — (medieval Latin for because the buyers , the incipit of the document) was a statute passed by Edward I of England in 1290 that prevented tenants from alienating their lands to others by subinfeudation. Quia Emptores, along with its companion… … Wikipedia
