Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Eng. law:
- noun A holding of lands in fee simple; freehold.
- noun Freehold lands exempted from all services, but not from homage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eng. Law) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, law A species of
tenure infee simple , being the opposite of ancientdemesne , orcopyhold .
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