subinfeudation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From sub- + infeudation.
Noun
[edit]subinfeudation (countable and uncountable, plural subinfeudations)
- (UK, 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.