[f. SUB- 9 + FEUDATION, after SUBFEU sb.] The action or practice of granting subfeus; subinfeudation.
1681. Stair, Inst. Law Scot., I. xxi. 419. It is much debated … whether by Sub-feudation, Recognition be incurred or whether it be comprehended under alienation.
1835. Tomlin’s Law Dict., s.v. Tenure, Very early they became hereditary, and that as soon as they did so, they led to the practice of sub-feudation.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIV. 105/1. Owing to the extensive system of subfeudation, or subtenure [in North Italy].
