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Definition: demain
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.
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Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under
Ancient.
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