[f. SUB- 9 (b) + TENURE.] The subfeudation of land; the holding of land, or land held, by a lease from a superior tenant.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIV. 105/1. Owing to the extensive system of subfeudation, or subtenure.
1862. H. Beveridge, 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 subtenure of the Hebrides.
