freehold
See also: Freehold
English
editAdjective
editfreehold (not comparable)
- (property law) Of a tenure or estate in land, held in fee simple absolute in possession by a proprietor; granted out of the allodial title, liable to determine only on escheat.
- Coordinate terms: leasehold, commonhold, copyhold
Noun
editfreehold (countable and uncountable, plural freeholds)
- Freehold tenure.
- (property law) Real property held by a tenure of this type.
- Coordinate terms: leasehold, commonhold, copyhold
Derived terms
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editFreehold tenure
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Verb
editfreehold (third-person singular simple present freeholds, present participle freeholding, simple past and past participle freeholded)
- To dispense property in this way.