SUBINFEUDATION

subinfeudation. Subinfeudation, n. sale or fessment made by a tenant or fessee, reserving rent to himself

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Sub‐in′feu‐da″tion (?), n. (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 subinfeudation, or undertenancy. Blackstone.