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Webster 1913 Edition
Subinfeudation
Sub-inˊfeu-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
subinfeudation
, or undertenancy. Blackstone.
Webster 1828 Edition
Subinfeudation
SUBINFEUDATION
,Noun.
1.
In law, the act of enfeoffing by a tenant or feoffee, who holds lands of the crown; the act of a greater baron, who grants land or a smaller manor to an inferior person. By 34 Edward II all subinfeudations previous to the reign of king Edward I., were confirmed.2.
Under tenancy.The widow is immediate tenant to the heir, by a kind of subinfeudation or under tenancy.
Definition 2024
subinfeudation
subinfeudation
English
Noun
subinfeudation (plural subinfeudations)
- (Britain, 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.