An Afterlehen or Afterlehn (plural: Afterlehne, Afterlehen) is a German term for a fief that a liege lord has himself been given as a fief and then, in turn, enfeoffed wholly or partially to one or more lesser vassals. It is variously referred to in English as a mesne-fief or mesne-tenure, an arriere-fief or subfief, under-tenure or mesnalty.
An Afterlehen or Afterlehn (plural: Afterlehne, Afterlehen) is a German term for a fief that a liege lord has himself been given as a fief and then, in turn, enfeoffed wholly or partially to one or more lesser vassals. It is variously referred to in English as a mesne-fief or mesne-tenure, an arriere-fief or subfief, under-tenure or mesnalty.
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