subinfeudation

[ suhb-in-fyoo-dey-shuhn ]

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noun

, Feudal Law.

the granting of a portion of an estate by a feudal tenant to a subtenant, held from the tenant on terms similar to those of the grant to the tenant.
the tenure established.
the estate or fief so created.

subinfeudation

/ ˌsʌbɪnfjʊˈdeɪʃən /

(in feudal society) the granting of land by a vassal to another man who became his vassal
the tenure or relationship so established

1720–30; sub- + infeudation enfeoffment < Medieval Latin infeudātiōn-, s. of infeudātiō ( in- ², feud ², -ation )

Subinfeudation came to a complete stop, and whenever great family estates broke up the king obtained new tenants-in-chief.

For, the practice of subinfeudation, which in our country was actively checked, became in France almost universal.

The practice of subinfeudation, became in France almost universal.

This was called subinfeudation, and the vassal of a vassal was called a subvassal or subtenant.

The above-named statute forbade the future subinfeudation of lands, and consequently hindered the further creation of manors.

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