noun
Meaning 1
The practice by which tenants, holding land under the king or other superior lord, carved out new and distinct tenures in their turn by subletting or alienating a part of their lands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Topics: law
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