Associations to the word «Subinfeudation»

Wiktionary

SUBINFEUDATION, noun. (UK) (legal) (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.

Wise words

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