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infeudation (iou)



infeudation noun. L15.
[medieval Latin infeudatio(n-), infeod-, from infeudat- pa. ppl stem of infeudare, infeodare enfeoff, from feudum, feodum: see FEE noun2, -ATION.]
Law (now Hist.). Enfeoffment; a deed of enfeoffment.
infeudation of tithes the granting of tithes to laymen.