单词 | rear vassal |
释义 | rear vassaln. Medieval History. A feudal vassal who holds lands from another vassal, rather than directly from the sovereign. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > feudal service > [noun] > vassal > subvassal subvavasour?c1350 subvassal1478 undervassal1594 arrière vassal1728 rear vassal1750 society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > one holding in feu > by subinfeudation subvavasour?c1350 subvassal1478 undervassal1594 subfeudatory1681 rear vassal1750 subinfeudatory1812 1750 T. Nugent tr. C.-L. de S. de Montesquieu Spirit of Laws II. xxxi. xxv. 465 At the death of the king's vassal, the rear-vassal lost also his rear-fief [Fr. le vassal perdoit aussi son arriere-fief]; and a new beneficiary succeeded, who likewise established new rear-vassals [Fr. arriere-vassaux]. 1761 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) III. 215 His own immediate vassals were bound to follow him into the field against a prince of whom they were themselves the rear-vassals. 1844 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. iv. 48 (note) Mr. Hume erroneously thinks that the statute 7 Hen. IV. gave rear-vassals their right of election. a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. lii. 875 This..is the case with freehold land..where the tenant in fee simple is properly a rere vassal. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 676 Among his rear-vassals figured the Breton counts of Rennes and of Nantes. 1937 Speculum 12 401 Everywhere the rear-vassals seem unwilling to give military service to their lords. 1998 Internat. Organization 52 345 The rear vassal owed first allegiance to his direct overlord and only secondary or no allegiance to whoever occupied the apex of the feudal pyramid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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