subinfeudation

/S AH0 B IH1 N F Y UW1 D EY1 SH AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    (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.

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