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Re: Deed Terms
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Westview <[log in to unmask]>
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Research and writing about Virginia genealogy and family history." <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:39:13 -0500
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It's more commonly seen as enfeoffment.  An old English term meaning to surrender or give up, usually land.  It shows up very often as "boiler plate" language in deeds.  A Google search for enfeoffment will likely give you lots of expanded definitions.

Kathy

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Charlie Weaver 
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  Sent: Monday, November 14, 2011 9:10 AM
  Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Deed Terms


  Below is an abstracted entry from the Caroline Co VA
  Order Books.
  "Court of 10 Oct 1740:  William Robards and Mary his wife
  acknowledge their deed of feoffment with liv[very and] seizin
  endorsed and receipt to John Adam Linck."

  I can't seem to find any definition of the term "feoffment".
  "[F]Seossment" is not familiar to me either.
  Charlie

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