A mesne lord was a lord in the feudal system who had vassals who held land from him, but who was himself the vassal of a higher lord. Feudalism, a term first used in the early modern period (17th century in its most classic sense refers to a Medieval Europe Political system composed A mesne lord did not hold land directly of the king. His subinfeudated estate was called a "mesne estate". Subinfeudation, in English law, is the practice by which Tenants holding land under the king or other superior lord carved out in their turn by sub-letting or alienating
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Land tenure is the name given particularly in Common law systems to the legal regime in which land is owned by an individual who is said to "hold" the land Quia Emptores ( Medieval Latin for "because the buyers" the Incipit of the document was a Statute passed by Edward I of EnglandDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic