1) Acres 2) Archduchy 3) Barony 4) Countryseat 5) Duchy 6) Emirate 7) Entail 8) Estate 9) Feoff 10) Fief 11) Fiefdom 12) Freehold 13) Glebe 14) Hacienda 15) Khnate 16) Leasehold 17) Plantation 18) Principality 19) Realm 20) Seigneury 21) Seigniory 22) Sheikdom 23) Sheikhdom 24) Signory 25) Smallholding
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1) Acres 2) Domain 3) Estate 4) Feudal land 5) French word used in English 6) Land 7) Land adjoining a manor house 8) Land around a mansion 9) Land for a manor house 10) Landed estate 11) Manorial land 12) Manorial land held by a lord 13) Real estate 14) Real property 15) Realty 16) Region
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In the feudal system the demesne (n {respell|di|MAYN|`}; from Old French demeine ultimately from Latin dominus, `lord, master of a household`) was all the land, not necessarily all contiguous to the manor house, which was retained by a lord of the manor for his own use and support, under his own management, as distinguished from land sub-enfeof......
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land possessed or occupied by the owner himself
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feudal manor-house with adjacent lands
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• (n.) A lord`s chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor`s own use.
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in English feudal law, that portion of a manor not granted to freehold tenants but either retained by the lord for his own use and occupation or ... [5 related articles]
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land retained by the lord
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Synonymous with "domain." Distiller
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In the Middle Ages in Europe, land kept in the lord's possession, not leased out but, under the feudal system, worked by
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Land in private ownership. For example, a manor house and its estate.
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an area of ground that nowadays would be thought of as the policies of a castle or large house, retained by the owner of that house for his or her own use, rather than being tenanted out. Typically the demesne (the 's' is not pronounced) would contain the home farm, a park, a chase etc so the ...
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A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. ... Alternative forms: demain] Ancient demesne. ... See Ancient. ... Origin: OE. Demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF. Demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. D...
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land possessed or occupied by the owner himself
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De·mesne' noun [ Middle English
demeine ,
demain , rule, demesne, Old French
demeine ,
demaine ,
demeigne ,
domaine , power, French
domaine domain, from Latin
dominium property, right of ownership, from
dominus master, proprietor, owne...
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Eng. Law. The name given to that portion of the lands of a manor which the lord retained in his own hands for the use of himself and family. These lands were called terra dominicales or demesne lands, because they were occupied by the lord, or dominus manerii, and his servants, etc.
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Manorial lands reserved exclusively for the Lord of the Manor's own use. Prior to the mid 14th century the Lord's villeins would cultivate this land for him but subsequently it was found more profitable to lease the land out. After enclosure the grouping together of these land holdings created the common Home Farm concept.
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the land in a MANOR held by its LORD and worked by his men for his benefit, or held on lease from him
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In the Middle Ages in Europe, land kept in the lord's possession, not leased out but, under the feudal system, worked by villeins to supply the lord's household
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possession of land as one's own: land held in demesne. · an estate or part of an estate occupied and controlled by, and worked for the exclusive use of, the owner. · land belonging to and adjoining a manor house; estate. · the dominion or territory of a sovereign or state; domain. · a district; region.
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