单词 | subenfeoff |
释义 | subenfeoffv. transitive. To grant (land) by subinfeudation; to give (a person) possession of land by subinfeudation; = subinfeud v. Also intransitive. Cf. sub-fief v. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant as fief > grant by subinfeudation subinfeudate1669 subfeu1687 subinfeud1772 subenfeoff1831 sub-fief1903 1831 House of Lords Sessional Papers 161 If its operation were suspended by the licence of the Crown to subinfeoff, I might convey to A. and his heirs, tenendum of me and my heirs, [etc.]. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 387/2 Upon this subinfeudation being effected, A..would have the seigniory of lands of which B and others had been subinfeoffed. 1859 R. W. Eyton Antiq. Shropshire IX. 267 The Grantor..I take to be the son or grandson of Robert fitz Leisinc, sub-enfeoffing Sir Ralph de Sandford. 1879 Athenæum 11 Oct. 461/1 The bishops must have subinfeoffed to the Brocks,..reserving a mansion for themselves. 1908 Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica 2 311 He..subinfeoffed a great number of under-tenants, many of them his old dependents.., who had come over with him in 1066. 1974 E. Searle Lordship & Community iii. 51 Of these forest homesteads, three virgates were evidently subenfeoffed by Osbern for riding service, a fact significant in the Norman control of the region. 1997 A. MacKay & D. Ditchburn Atlas Medieval Europe (2002) 37 By 951 Otto..declared eighty-five 'royal' monasteries..exempt from all secular authority... Their lands could not be sub-enfeoffed without royal authority. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1831 |
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