单词 | subtenure |
释义 | subtenuren. The action or an act of leasing land from a tenant; subfeudation; (also) land leased in this way. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > subtenure undertenure1611 under-tenancy1766 subtenancy1793 subtenure1822 1822 3rd Gen. Rep. Dignity of Peer 82 in Parl. Papers (H.L. 88) CXXXV. 121 Ralph de Valtort had Fifty-nine Knights Fees, Richard de Luci Nineteen, Robert Fitzwilliam Eleven,..and Eckenbald Eight; which Subtenures shew how considerable were even then the Tenants by Subinfeudation. 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India III. vii. iv. 125 The sale of a zemindary abolished all sub-tenures. 1911 E. Beveridge North Uist 24 It became necessary for King Alexander III. to deal with the sub-tenure of the Hebrides. 1961 K. Gough in D. M. Schneider Matrilineal Kinship vi. 313 Tiyyars held land on a sub-tenure from landlords and Nayar tenants. 2001 Law & Social Inq. 26 341 Landholders in capite enjoyed rights to create subtenures to govern the lands they disbursed to others that created lines of allegiance terminating in themselves rather than in the Crown. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1822 |
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