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Webster 1913 Edition

Freehold

Free′holdˊ

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Noun.
(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.
To abate into a freehold
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See under
Abate
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Webster 1828 Edition

Freehold

FREE'HOLD

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Adj.
That land or tenement which is held in fee-simple, fee-tail, or for term of life. It is of two kinds; in deed, and in law. The first is the real possession of such land or tenement; the last is the right a man has to such land or tenement, before his entry or seizure.
Freehold is also extended to such offices as a man holds in fee or for life. It is also taken in opposition to villenage.
In the United States, a freehold is an estate which a man holds in his own right, subject to no superior nor to conditions.

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