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subinfeudation
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subinfeudation, n.
The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure. [1913 Webster]
"The widow is immediate tenant to the heir, by a kind of subinfeudation, or undertenancy." [1913 Webster]
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