Freehold

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Law An estate held in fee or for life.
  • n. Law The tenure by which such an estate is held.
  • n. A tenure of an office or a dignity for life.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The tenure of property held in fee simple for life.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is held.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In law: Originally, in England, an estate in land in possession held by a freeman; a free socage or feudal estate; now, an estate in fee simple or fee tail, or for life, as opposed to copyhold. See the extract.
  • n. Hence, in general, an estate in land such as was originally considered as being an ownership of the soil itself, as distinguished from a mere use or chattel interest in it.
  • n. A parcel of land held by either of the tenures above described.
  • n. Figuratively, any free or unrestricted possession, or right of possession; that which belongs to one absolutely.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an estate held in fee simple or for life
  • n. tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    demesne    land    landed estate    acres    estate   
    Cross Reference
    customary freehold   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    copyhold    allodial    leasehold    freeholders    life interest   
     
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