subinfeudation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
sub- + infeudation
Noun[edit]
subinfeudation (countable and uncountable, plural subinfeudations)
- (UK, law, obsolete) 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.