Subinfeudation

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Stimson (1881), Abbott (1879), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The act of an Inferior lord by which "he carved out a part of an estate which he held of a superior, and granted it to an inferior tenant to be held of himself. It was an indirect mode of transferring the fief, and resorted to as an artifice to elude the feudal restraint upon alienation. This was forbidden by the statute of Quia Emptores. 18 Edw. I.; 2 Bl. Comm. 91; 3 Kent, Comm. 406.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The carving out of small estates to tenants by inferior lords to be held of themselves. See 2 Bl. Comm. 91.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

The act of an inferior lord by which he carved out a part of an estate which he held of a superior, and granted it to an inferior tenant to be held of himself. It was an indirect mode of transferring the fief, and resorted to as an artifice to elude the feudal restraint upon alienation. This was forbidden by the statute of Quia Emptores, 18 Ed. I.; 2 Bla. Com. 91; 3 Kent 406. See Cadw. Gr. Rents § 7; Chal. R. P. 18; Quia Emptores; Feudal Law; Tenure.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The system which the feudal tenants introduced of granting smaller estates out of those which they held of their lord, to be held of themselves as inferior lords. As this system was procoed-ing downward 'ad infinitum, and depriving the lords of their feudal profits, it was entirely suppressed by the statute Quia Emptores, 18 Edw. I. c. 1., and instead of it alienation in the modern sense was introduced, so that thenceforth the alienee held of the same chief lord and by the same services that his alienor before him held. Brown.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See Feud.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The granting of a mesne lord, forbidden by

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

In feudal times, tenants manifested a disposition to carve smaller estates out of those which they held of their lords, to be held of themselves, as inferior lords; and this system began to be extended, proceeding downwards indefinitely, and deprived the lords of their feudal profits of wardships, marriages, and escheats, which fell into the hands of these mesne or middle lords, who were the immediate superiors of him who occupied the land. It was restricted by Magna Charta, and substantially suppressed by the statute of quia emptores, or Westminster third (18 Edw. I.); and a system of alienation, by which the alienee should hold of the same lord as the alienor, was introduced in its place.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

_ estates, Engl. law. The act of an inferior lord by which he carved out a part of an estate which he held of a superior, and granted it to an inferior tenant to be held of himself. It was an indirect mode of transferring the fief, and resorted to as an artifice to elude the feudal restraint upon alienation: this was forbidden by the statute of Quia Emptores, 18 Ed. 1. 2 Bl. Com. 91; 3 Kent, Com. 406.