Freehold
['friːhəʊld] or ['frihold]
Definition
(noun.) tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life.
(noun.) an estate held in fee simple or for life.
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Definition
(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.
Typist: Steven
Examples
- The ex-butler had obtained a small freehold there likewise, which gave him a vote for the borough. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It's a freehold, by George! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Hotherstone lives, Mr. Franklin, on his own freehold. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Chinese land has always been cut up into small holdings, which are chiefly freeholds, and cultivated intensively. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Patrick