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<h2 id="scotland">Scotland</h2> <p>In <a href="/facts/Scots_law/F6r9UVLt">Scots law</a>, the feudal system was abolished by the <a href="/facts/Abolition_of_Feudal_Tenure_etc._(Scotland)_Act_2000/x2YIP5BX">Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000</a>. The length of a <a href="/facts/Lease/rd3gvnkW">lease</a> was limited to 175 years to prevent the existence of perpetual landlord–tenant relationships similar to those that existed under feudal tenure.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="holy-roman-empire">Holy Roman Empire</h2> <p>Within the <a href="/facts/Holy_Roman_Empire/6mdobnXN">Holy Roman Empire</a>, mesne fiefs were known as <i><a href="/facts/Afterlehen/lqYhmAIu">Afterlehen</a></i>, which became inheritable over time and could have up to five "stations" between the actual holder of the fief and the overarching liege lord.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Afterlehen/lqYhmAIu">Afterlehen</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Cestui_que/ztbEtVFG">Cestui que</a></i></li> <li><a href="/facts/Charter_of_Liberties/xjKIgTEd">Charter of Liberties</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Concordat_of_Worms/qAe8tYsC">Concordat of Worms</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Lease/rd3gvnkW">Lease § Sublease</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Statutes_of_Mortmain/mSEcFG3E">Statutes of Mortmain</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Quia_Emptores/14mz5gVX">Quia Emptores</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Subinfeudation". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1062. <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" target="_blank">/wiki/Public_domain</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Sir William Searle (2002). An historical introduction to the land law page 105 to 107. The Lawbook Exchange. ISBN 9781584772620. <a href="9781584772620" target="_blank">9781584772620</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Subinfeudation". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1062. <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" target="_blank">/wiki/Public_domain</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Subinfeudation". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 25 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1062. <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" target="_blank">/wiki/Public_domain</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Explanatory notes to Abolition of Feudal Tenure etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/5/section/67/notes" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2000/5/section/67/notes</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Despotism and capitalism: a historical comparison of Europe and Indonesia by Tilman Schiel (1985). Retrieved 8 Feb 2014. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=veHsAAAAMAAJ&q=afterlehen+fief" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=veHsAAAAMAAJ&q=afterlehen+fief</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>