(obsolete) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
(obsolete) The instrument or deed by which corporeal hereditaments are conveyed.
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(Scots law, historical) A feu sublet by a vassal to a subvassal: a right to hold subinfeudated land in perpetuity in exchange for rent.
(transitive, _, &, _, intransitive, Scottish, _, law, historical) To subinfeud: to grant land via a subfeu.
(UK, legal) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.
(legal) The grant of a feud or fee.
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(legal, UK) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession.
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