noun
subtenancy; sublease
Legal and real estate term for a tenant subletting or subleasing a property to a third party.
又小作契約を結ぶ前に、大家の承諾が必要です。
Before entering into a sublease agreement, the landlord's consent is required.
転貸 is a more general legal term for subletting or subleasing, whereas 又小作 is a specific term often used in agricultural or older real estate contexts.
Compound of 又 (また, 'again' or 'sub-') and 小作 (こさく, 'tenancy'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally used in legal and real estate contexts.