(law, E&W, formal, idiomatic) The unqualified and unrestricted ownership of an estate in land; freehold tenure.
(law, E&W, formal, idiomatic) The unqualified and unrestricted ownership of an estate in land; freehold tenure.
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(UK, legal) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.
(law, E&W, formal, misleading) An estate in land held for a term of years of either a specified length or on a periodic basis, and which is not a term of years determinable (though may be determinable for other reasons); a leasehold estate in land.
(law, E&W, idiomatic) The lease under which that estate in land is held.
(Scotland, of land) Not held in feudal tenure.
A Scottish legal and land-tenure term describing land not held under feu, the Scottish feudal system in which land was granted in return for a duty or service. Now largely historical following the abolition of feudal tenure in Scotland in 2004, but still appears in property law discussions and historical records.