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(Sub-set,) v. P.p. sub-sett. [Set v. 7. Also in the later dial., and in 19th c. Eng.] tr. To sub-let. —1681 Stair Inst. (1681) i xiii 253.
As the half may be sub-sett, so any other right less then the value of the half, is sustained as an infeftment of warrandice
