1681. Stair, Inst. Law Scot., I. xxi. 420. All Sub-feues of Ward-lands, holden of Subjects without the Superiours consent, are declared null and void.
1758. J. Dalrymple, Ess. Feudal Property (ed. 2), 84. As in subfeus at first, the original vassal remained still liable for the services.
1826. Bell, Comm. Laws Scot. (ed. 5), I. 29. If the condition be farther guarded with irritant and resolutive clauses, it seems that the subfeu may be challenged even before the necessity for a new entry with the superior arises.
1874. Act 37 & 38 Vict., c. 94 § 4. Nothing herein contained shall be held to validate any subfeu in cases where subinfeudation has been effectually prohibited.
b. attrib.: subfeu-duty (cf. feu-duty, FEU sb. 3).
1826. Bell, Comm. Laws Scot. (ed. 5), I. 25. Nothing more is demandable than the subfeu-duty.
