See Also: subinfeudation(dictionary)
SUBINFEUDATION, estates, English law(law)

subinfeudation (iou)



subinfeudation noun. M18.
[medieval Latin subinfeudatio(n-), formed as SUB- + INFEUDATION.]
Law (now Scot.).
The practice of a holder of lands by feudal tenure granting an estate to another, to be held in a similar way; the relation or tenure so established. M18.
An instance of this; an estate or fief created by this process. M18.
subinfeudate verb trans. = SUBINFEUD 1 M19.
subinfeudatory noun a subvassal holding lands by subinfeudation L19.