- contra formam feoffamenti
- Against the form of the feoffment, -a writ whereby a tenant could resist the demanded performance of more services than the charter of his ancestor required.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
contra formam feoffamenti
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