Freehold+estate

  • 11freehold — /free hohld /, Law. 1. an estate in land, inherited or held for life. n. 2. a form of tenure by which an estate is held in fee simple, fee tail, or for life. adj. 3. pertaining to, of the nature of, or held by freehold. [1375 1425; late ME… …

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  • 12Freehold — /free hohld /, n. a town in E New Jersey: battle of Monmouth courthouse 1778. 10,020. Formerly, Monmouth. * * * In Anglo American law, ownership of a substantial interest in real property (see real and personal property) held for an indefinite… …

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  • 13freehold — Any estate of inheritance or for life, in either a corporeal or incorporeal hereditament, existing in, or arising from, real property of free tenure. 28 Am J2d Est § 8. See freehold estate not of inheritance; freehold estate of inheritance …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 14Estate in land — An estate in land is an interest in real property that is or may become possessory.This should be distinguished from an estate as used in reference to an area of land, and estate as used to refer to property in general.In property law, the rights …

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  • 15estate of freehold not of inheritance — A freehold estate which does not pass to the heirs of the holder but is only for his lifetime or that of another person. Such estates are conventional, that is, expressly created by the acts of the parties; or they are legal, that is, they are… …

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  • 16estate of inheritance — An estate which may descend to heirs. Administration & Trust Co. v. Catron, 171 Tenn. 268, 102 S.W.2d 59, 60. A species of freehold estate in lands, otherwise called a fee, where the tenant is not only entitled to enjoy the land for his own life …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 17estate of inheritance — An estate which may descend to heirs. Administration & Trust Co. v. Catron, 171 Tenn. 268, 102 S.W.2d 59, 60. A species of freehold estate in lands, otherwise called a fee, where the tenant is not only entitled to enjoy the land for his own life …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 18estate not of inheritance — A freehold estate for life. See 2 Bl Comm 104. Broadly, any interest, whether in real or personal property, which passes to the executor or administrator rather than directly to the heir or heirs. 23 Am J2d Desc & D § 18 …

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  • 19estate — es·tate /i stāt/ n [Anglo French estat, literally, state, condition, from Old French, from Latin status, from stare to stand] 1: the interest of a particular degree, nature, quality, or extent that one has in land or other property compare fee;… …

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  • 20Freehold — Free hold , n. (Lw) 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. Kent. Burrill. [1913 Webster] {To abate into a freehold}. See under {Abate}. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English