Legal Definition and Related Resources of Demesne
Meaning of Demesne
Domain, ownership. Technically, the word is used to denote that part of the lands of a manor which have not been rented out by the lord but reserved for his own use and occupation . Thus, a person is said to be seised in his demesne as of fee of a corporeal inheritance because he has a property in the thing itself as opposed to others who held of him for an estate of freehold .
Demesne Alternative Definition
Lands of which the lord had the absolute property or ownership, as distinguished from feudal lands which he held of a superior. 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 104; Cowell. Lands which the lord retained under his immediate control, for the purpose of supplying his table and the immediate needs of his household. Distinguished from that farmed out to tenants, called among the Saxons “bordlands.” Blount; Co. Litt. 17a. Own; original. Son assault demesne, his (the plaintiff’s) original assault, or assault in the first place. 2 Greenl. Ev. § 633; 3 Bl. Comm. 120, 306.
Synonyms of Demesne
noun
- acquest
- chattels real
- domain
- dominion
- empire
- estate
- freehold
- hereditament
- holding
- land
- landed estate
- landed property
- manor
- one’s own land
- property
- real estate
- real property
- realm
- realty Associated Concepts: demesne lands
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Demesne in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
French: Latin dominium, ownership. Own, one’s own; original.
Note: This legal definition of Demesne in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Demesne
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c. 1300, demeyne (modern spelling by late 15c.), from Anglo-French demesne, demeine, Old French demaine “land held for a lord’s own use,” from Latin dominicus “belonging to a master,” from dominus “lord, master,” from domus “house” (from PIE root *dem- “house, household”). Re-spelled by Anglo-French legal scribes under influence of Old French mesnie “household” (and the concept of a demesne as “land attached to a mansion”) and their fondness for inserting -s- before -n-. Essentially the same word as domain.
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