English Explanatory Dictionary

subinfeudation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practice by which tenants, holding land under the king or other superior lord, carved out new and distinct tenures in their turn by subletting or alienating a part of their lands.

Word forms

subinfeudation subinfeudations

Etymology

From sub- + infeudation.

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