单词 | subfeu |
释义 | subfeun. Scots Law. Now historical. A right to hold land in perpetuity on payment of a duty, granted by a person who has been granted the right directly or indirectly by the original owner; a feu granted by a vassal to a subvassal. See feu n. 2.The Scottish system of conveyancing based on feudal tenure was abolished in 2004; cf. subinfeudation n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [noun] > a feudal holding or fief > subfief under-fee1594 arrière fee1615 subfeu1681 arrière-fief1716 subinfeudation1725 sub-fief1729 rere-fief1761 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. 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. Hist. Feudal Prop. (ed. 2) 84 As in subfeus at first, the original vassal remained still liable for the services. 1826 G. J. Bell Comm. Laws Scotl. (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. 1949 Sc. Hist. Rev. 28 73 Subfeus brought in the Boyles of Kelburn as the first of the planters. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 9 Dec. 16 What you don't know is how many links exist in the chain of feus and subfeus between the sovereign's theoretical right in the land and Mrs McWhinney's two-apartment. Compounds sub-feu duty n. the annual rent paid by a person who has been granted a subfeu; cf. feu-duty n. at feu n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1799 Caledonian Mercury 4 Mar. 4/2 The feu-duty for the whole property is trifling; and for the encouragement of intending purchasers, if sold in one lot, will be set up at the reduced price of 500l. 1815 R. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) I. 178 When the purchaser of the house makes his demand for an entry, he has not the plea which evidently protects the purchaser of the subfeu-duty. 1943 Times 10 June 10/6 (advt.) The Sub-Feu Duty secured on the Palace Variety Theatre amounting to £238 8s. 3d. per annum. 2003 Labour 52 325/1 The feu-duty was the only financial obligation (though as land was sub-divided, this was complicated by a chain of sub-feu duties). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). subfeuv. Scots Law. Now historical. transitive. To grant (land) by a subfeu; to subinfeud. Also intransitive. See subfeu n. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [verb (transitive)] > grant as fief > grant by subinfeudation subinfeudate1669 subfeu1687 subinfeud1772 subenfeoff1831 sub-fief1903 1687 J. Dalrymple Decisions Lords of Council & Session II. 798 There is no parity when the King sets his Land in Feu, importing to be for the Melioration that the Vassal should Sub-Feu. a1724 W. Hamilton Descr. Lanark & Renfrew (1831) 9 The Laird of Earnock heth a good interest in this parish, bot the most of it is subfewed to small Fewars. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scotl. I. ii. iii. 126 The vassal who thus subfeus, is called the subvassal's immediate superiour. 1797 R. Bell Syst. Forms of Deeds Scotl. I. 84 It shall not be competent to nor in the power of the said——to subfeu, fell, or dispose of all or any part of the subjects hereby feued out. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 63/2 Every burgess held direct of the Crown. It was, therefore, impossible to subfeu the burgh lands. 1908 J. Craigie & J. Bartholomew Elem. Conveyancing ii. vi. 319 Where lands could not be subfeued by the proprietors, as in when the case of lands held burgage before 1874 [etc.]. 2001 R. Rodger Transformation of Edinb. (2004) i. iii. 106 Conversely, when demand for new houses was weak,..then a developer himself could build the house, with less pressure to sub-feu. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1681v.1687 |
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