1) Secondary infeudation 2) The estate or fief so created 3) The tenure established
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In English law, subinfeudation is the practice by which tenants, holding land under the king or other superior lord, carved out new and distinct tenures in their turn by sub-letting or alienating a part of their lands. The tenants were termed mesne lords, with regard to those holding from them, the immediate tenant being tenant in capite. The lowe...
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• (n.) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure. • (n.) Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy.
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(from the article `vassal`) ...q.v.). Vassals also acquired the right to alienate their fiefs, with the proviso, first, of the lord`s consent and, later, on payment of a certain ...
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When lordship and vassalage intermingle over and over, creating a web of complex social and legal relationships in feudal society.
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Sub·in`feu·da'tion noun (Law) (a) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure.
Craig. (b) Subordinate tenancy; undertenancy. « The widow is immediate tenant to the heir, by a kind of
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secondary infeudation; 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.
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