subinfeudation noun. [,sʌbɪnfju:'deɪʃ(ǝ)n] M18.
[medieval Latin subinfeudatio(n-), formed as SUB- + INFEUDATION.]
Law (now Scot.).
1. The practice of a holder of lands by feudal tenure granting an estate to another, to be held in a similar way; the relation or tenure so established. M18.

2. An instance of this; an estate or fief created by this process. M18.

■ subinfeudate verb trans. = SUBINFEUD 1 M19.

■ subinfeudatory noun a subvassal holding lands by subinfeudation L19.

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