[f. next.] The status, right or holding of a subtenant.
a. 1861. Sir F. Palgrave, Norm. & Eng. (1864), III. 405. The others who received their rewards by Vavassories or Subtenancies.
1882. Encycl. Brit., XIV. 276/1. The determination of a lease by forfeiture has the same effect as its determination in any other way, in destroying subtenancies or other rights created under it.
