About The Word Demesne

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Demesne

Demesne Meaning & Definition
Demesne Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Demesne?

[n] territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"
[n] extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Demesne: acres | domain | estate | land | land | landed estate

Related Terms | Find terms related to Demesne: acres | ambit | arable land | area | arena | bailiwick | barnyard | barton | beat | border | borderland | cattle ranch | champaign | chattels real | chicken farm | circle | circuit | collective farm | cotton plantation | croft | dairy farm | demesne farm | department | discipline | domain | dominion | dry farm | dude ranch | factory farm | fallow | farm | farmery | farmhold | farmland | farmplace | farmstead | farmyard | field | fruit farm | fur farm | grain farm | grange | grassland | grounds | hacienda | hemisphere | homecroft | homefarm | homestead | honor | judicial circuit | jurisdiction | kibbutz | kolkhoz | land | landed property | lands | location | lot | lots | mains | manor | manor farm | march | messuage | orb | orbit | orchard | pale | parcel | pasture | pen | plantation | plat | plot | poultry farm | praedium | precinct | property | province | quadrat | ranch | rancheria | rancho | real estate | real property | realm | realty | round | sheep farm | sphere | station | steading | stock farm | subdiscipline | tenements | terrain | territory | toft | truck farm | walk

See Also | archduchy | barony | barony | country | countryseat | Crown land | duchy | dukedom | earldom | emirate | empire | entail | feoff | fief | fiefdom | freehold | glebe | grand duchy | hacienda | homestead | kingdom | Kingdom of God | leasehold | manor | plantation | princedom | principality | real estate | real property | realm | realty | region | seigneury | seigniory | sheikdom | sheikhdom | signory | smallholding | state | suzerainty | viscounty

Demesne In Webster's Dictionary

\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. {Ancient demesne}. (Eng. Law) See under {Ancient}.

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