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Feoffee

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Burrill (1850)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

He to whom a fee is conveyed. Litt. § Ij 2 Bl. Comm. 20.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One to whom a fee is conveyed or to whom a feoffment is made.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

He to whom a fee is conveyed. Littleton S 1; 2 Bla. Com. 20. FEOFFEE TO U8E8. A person to whom land was conveyed for the use of a third party. One holding the same position with reference to a use that a trustee does to a trust. 1 Greenl. Cruise, Dig. 333. He answers to

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

He to whom a fee is conveyed. Litt. § 1; 2 Bl. Comm. 20.

Feoffee to uses. A person to whom land was conveyed for the use of a third party. The latter was called "cestui que use."

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed. Feoffee to uses: one in whom the legal estate is vested, the beneficial owner being the cestui que use.

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Fr. & Eng. [L. Fr. fife; L. Lat. feoffatus.] The person to whom a feoffment is made; the person enfeoffed. 2 Bl. Com. 310. Litt. sect. 1, 57. See Feoffment.