单词 | subvassal |
释义 | subvassaln. Chiefly Scots Law. Now historical. A person who holds land as the vassal of a person who himself or herself holds the land as a vassal, in later use usually in return for the annual payment of feu duty. Cf. undervassal n., and earlier subvavasour n.The Scottish vassalage system was abolished in 2000 by the Abolition of Feudal Tenure (Scotland) Act. 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 1478 in Acts Lords of Council Civil Causes (1839) I. 14/1 The said vnlaw is raysit and takin of the said Johne..subvassall of the said landis. 1547 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 78 Siclik of all uthair ourlordis..baith of vassallis and subvassallis. 1565 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 358 Gif he be Erle, Lord, Barroun, frehaldar, wassale, subwassall, fewar, or heritour. 1606 Acts Parl. Scot., Jas. VI (1816) IV. 287/1 Act anent setting of fewis be subvassellis of waird landis. 1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. i. xiii. 236 Charters granted by his [sc. the King's] Vassals to their Sub-vassals. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. 290 The subvassals were..subject, in cases of rebellion, to the same forfeitures and penalties, as the immediate vassal. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 88 B, the subvassal, has thus two superiors; A, from whom he derives his right..and the Crown, which is his mediate superior. 1891 J. Craigie Conveyancing 83 A superior can raise a personal action for the feu-duty due to him by his own vassal against sub-vassals for the amount of their subfeuduties. 1935 Speculum 10 196 The shire-court..became the field of action of the subvassals. 1996 Sc. Civil Law Rep. 705 It was held that the irritancy annuls the vassal's right and all that has followed, including the rights of sub-vassals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1478 |
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