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Folkland

FOLKLAND

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Noun.
In English law, copyhold land; land held by the common people, at the will of the lord.

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folkland

folkland

English

Noun

folkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands)

  1. (law, obsolete, Britain) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
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