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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Feftment, n. [Late ME. feftment (11490), var. of feffement, AF. feoffement.] Enfeoffment. Conjunct feftment, see Conjunct a. 2.c1420 Wynt. vii. 2352.
The Pape of Rome … To this kyng made new feftment Ib. 3515.
The inquisityoun Off the feftment off that thyng 1456 Peebles B. Rec. 117.
[He] gayf grund sessyng with erd and stan of that sartan land and junt fefment 1464 Liber Aberbr. 140.
To hawe sene and considerit … charteris, euidenttis, and feftmentis … of the said landis 1509 Reg. Episc. Glasg. 522.
This is the feftment that Scher Archibald Caldderwood vicar of Cadder hes mayd … of his place anent the patigoge of Glasgwe 1520 Peebles B. Rec. 50.
The saidis ballies … sall defend and kep it [the altar] in the rycht in the said feftment, dotacioun, and donacioun
