Feoffor

/fɛˈɒfər/ noun

Definition

A person who gives property or land to another person in a formal legal transfer; the same as a feoffer.

Etymology

From Old French feoffer, from feoff (to invest with a fief or fee). This is an alternative spelling of feoffer, both meaning the grantor or giver of property.

Kelly Says

Feoffor and feoffer are just different spellings of the same medieval legal role—like how we now have 'donut' and 'doughnut,' medieval scribes hadn't standardized their legal vocabulary yet.

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