subfeu
(transitive, _, &, _, intransitive, Scottish, _, law, historical) To subinfeud: to grant land via a subfeu.
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(transitive, _, &, _, intransitive, Scottish, _, law, historical) To subinfeud: to grant land via a subfeu.
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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.
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(Scotland, property law, historic) One who holds a feu.
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A Scottish legal and land-tenure term describing land not held under feu, the Scottish feudal system in which land was granted in return for a duty or service. Now largely historical following the abolition of feudal tenure in Scotland in 2004, but still appears in property law discussions and historical records.
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(legal) The grant of a feud or fee.
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(Scotland, property law, historic) Money payable by the tenant of a feu to the feudal superior.