Estiture

<A ceremony whieh mpanied the grant of lands in the feudal ani consisted in the open and notorious y of possession in the presence of the r yassals, which perpetuated amoug them 2 gra of their new acquisition at the time heurt of writing was very little known; d thus the evidence of the property was posed in the memory of the neighborhood, no, in case of disputed title, were after- Is called upou to decide upon it. Brown. ecclesiastical law. Inveslitureis one eformalities by which the election of a bishop is confirmed by the archbishop. See hillim, Ece. Law, 42, et seq.