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What is a subinfeudation?

What is a subinfeudation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (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.
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For, the practice of subinfeudation, which in our country was actively checked, became in France almost universal.
The new power centres were reluctant to see the process continue and therefore refused to allow further segmentation and subinfeudation.
The Statute of Quia Emptores of 1290 had the effect of preventing further subinfeudation of land.
In early feudal times the baron in turn, in a process of subinfeudation, might have had his own subordinate barons.
This was called subinfeudation, and the vassal of a vassal was called a subvassal or subtenant.
The practice of subinfeudation, became in France almost universal.

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