superinfeudation. Hist. The granting of one or more feuds out of a feudal estate. — Also termed superfeudation. Cf. SUBINFEUDATION. “Whatever may be the proper view of its origin and legal nature, the best mode of vividly picturing to ourselves the feudal organisation is to begin with the basis, to consider the relation of the […]
Hist. The granting of one or more feuds out of a feudal estate. — Also termed superfeudation. Cf. SUBINFEUDATION.
subinfeudation (s[schwa]b-in-fyoo-day-sh[schwa]n), n. Hist. The system under which the tenants in a feudal system granted smaller estates to their tenants, who in turn did the same from their pieces of land. • As this system proceeded down the social scale, the lords were deprived of their feudal profits, as a result of which the system