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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: demesne (0.01474 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to demesne.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: demesne
demesne
n 1: extensive landed property (especially in the country)
retained by the owner for his own use;
“the family owned
a large estate on Long Island” [syn:
estate,
land,
landed estate
,
acres]
2: territory over which rule or control is exercised;
“his
domain extended into Europe”;
“he made it the law of the
land” [syn:
domain,
land]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Demesne
Demesne
\De*mesne"\, n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF.
demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine
domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr.
dominus master, proprietor, owner. See
Dame, and cf.
Demain,
Domain,
Danger,
Dungeon.] (Law)
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. [Written also
demain.] --Wharton's Law Dict.
Burrill.
[1913 Webster]
Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under
Ancient.
[1913 Webster]
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