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demesne::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | acres, estate, land, landed estate |
| Type of | immovable, real property, real estate, realty |
| Has types | manor, plantation, feoff, fief, smallholding, seigneury, seigniory, freehold, glebe, countryseat, hacienda, homestead, crown land, entail, signory, leasehold, barony |
Examples of demesne
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New sheriffdoms enabled the King to effectively administer royal demesne land.
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They became a part of the French royal demesne and a common appanage of the crown.
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The brown areas are part of the demesne, the shaded areas part of the glebe.
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The land on which Eastbury House now stands was once part of the demesne of Barking Abbey.
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The former enabled the King to effectively administer royal demesne land.
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It has been estimated that nearly half of the demesne lands were used for arable farming.
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In 1082, Philip I expanded his demesne with the annexation of the Vexin.
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It provides that land held in demesne by the Crown may be registered.
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The Dutch had a manorial system centred on the local lord's demesne.
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- Estate: extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
- Domain: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
- In the feudal system, demesne (also spelled desmesne; di-MANE or dih-MEEN; via Old French demeine from Latin dominium) was all the land, not necessarily all contiguous to the manor house, that was retained by a lord for his own use - as distinguished from land "alienated" or granted to others ( ...
- The 'home farm' of the Lord of the Manor (ie. not let out to tenants)
- The land farmed directly on behalf of the lord himself as a 'home' farm.
- (1) Land that is held by a tenant for his or her own use instead of granted to a subtenant; the opposite of mesne. When said of one or more manors or similar holdings, it means that the land is not subinfeudated. ...
- Land, within the feudal system, that has not been parceled out to serfs or freeholders, remaining in the sole possession of the lords. Serfs had a feudal obligation to the lord to cultivate a portion of the demesne in order to make it productive.
- Land possessed by a lord and used by himself (or his direct employees) instead of rented out to tenants. Also known as "in-land".
- Land on a manor not held by free or villein tenants but directly cultivated for the lord by an agent.
