Definition of Subvassals

1. subvassal [n] - See also: subvassal

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subvassals

suburbed
suburbia
suburbian
suburbians
suburbias
suburbicarian
suburbs
suburethral
subvalent
subvariance
subvariances
subvarieties
subvariety
subvelocity
subvene
subvened
subvenes
subvening
subvent
subventaneous
subvented
subventing
subvention
subventionary
subventioned
subventioning
subventionize

Literary usage of Subvassals

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scots Revised Reports, [Court of Session]: Faculty Collection, 1807-1825 by Scotland Court of Session (1905)
"... subvassals contain clauses, stipulating a duplicando of the feu-duty on the entry of every heir and singular successor ; and also clauses prohibiting ..."

2. Decisions of the Court of Session: From November 1825 to [20th July 1841] by Scotland Court of Session, F. Somerville, J. Tawse, John Craigie, George Robinson, Charles Gordon Robertson, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1832)
"The great difference between that case and the pre- sent is, that the entries of singular successors to the subvassals were ™" ° then taxed, whereas here ..."

3. Observations on the Social and Political State of the European People in by Samuel Laing (1850)
"When the feudal system was in full vigour, every crown vassal, with all his immediate vassals and all their subvassals, peasants, or serfs, among whom were ..."

4. Observations on the Social and Political State of the European People in by Samuel Laing (1850)
"... with all his immediate vassals and all their subvassals, peasants, or serfs, among whom were various degrees of servitude—as Leibeigen; horigen, ..."

5. Essentials in Early European History by Samuel Burnett Howe (1912)
"These subvassals owed allegiance to their immediate superiors only: hence, in time of war between a vassal and his suzerain, if the other vassals wished to ..."

6. The History of Medieval Europe by Lynn Thorndike (1917)
"With the exception of the Count of Flanders he was the only feudal lord who had direct control over his subvassals, who placed garrisons in their castles, ..."

7. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"the personal service due from the subvassals seems to have taken place1. The lord's What is more, the right of a mesne lord to take scutage scutage. seems ..."

8. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1892)
"... charges upon it for widows' allowances (not only the late earl's widow but those of subvassals), the allowance to the heir, and various other incidents. ..."

9. The Scots Revised Reports, [Court of Session]: Faculty Collection, 1807-1825 by Scotland Court of Session (1905)
"... subvassals contain clauses, stipulating a duplicando of the feu-duty on the entry of every heir and singular successor ; and also clauses prohibiting ..."

10. Decisions of the Court of Session: From November 1825 to [20th July 1841] by Scotland Court of Session, F. Somerville, J. Tawse, John Craigie, George Robinson, Charles Gordon Robertson, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords (1832)
"The great difference between that case and the pre- sent is, that the entries of singular successors to the subvassals were ™" ° then taxed, whereas here ..."

11. Observations on the Social and Political State of the European People in by Samuel Laing (1850)
"When the feudal system was in full vigour, every crown vassal, with all his immediate vassals and all their subvassals, peasants, or serfs, among whom were ..."

12. Observations on the Social and Political State of the European People in by Samuel Laing (1850)
"... with all his immediate vassals and all their subvassals, peasants, or serfs, among whom were various degrees of servitude—as Leibeigen; horigen, ..."

13. Essentials in Early European History by Samuel Burnett Howe (1912)
"These subvassals owed allegiance to their immediate superiors only: hence, in time of war between a vassal and his suzerain, if the other vassals wished to ..."

14. The History of Medieval Europe by Lynn Thorndike (1917)
"With the exception of the Count of Flanders he was the only feudal lord who had direct control over his subvassals, who placed garrisons in their castles, ..."

15. The History of English Law Before the Time of Edward I. by Frederick Pollock, Frederic William Maitland (1898)
"the personal service due from the subvassals seems to have taken place1. The lord's What is more, the right of a mesne lord to take scutage scutage. seems ..."

16. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1892)
"... charges upon it for widows' allowances (not only the late earl's widow but those of subvassals), the allowance to the heir, and various other incidents. ..."

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