enfeebled
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As a villein might be enfeoffed of freeholds, though they lay at the mercy of his lord, so a freeman might hold tenements in villenage.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry
When a knight was enfeoffed by a monastery in consideration of some infinitesimal payment, there might be several reasons for such a transaction.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
Robert, father of plaintiff, had given the advowson to John de Arderne, and John had enfeoffed Robert de Wyckham and Elizabeth his wife.
From Shakespeare's Family by Stopes, C. C. (Charlotte Carmichael)
They returned therefore to the king and made their report, whereupon Lord Gernon was decreed dead, and his heir was enfeoffed.
From Malcolm by MacDonald, George
Say to Frederick Nordhausen never was enfeoffed to him.
From The Poems of Emma Lazarus, Volume 2 Jewish poems: Translations by Lazarus, Emma
