freehold estate
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freehold estate — ➔ estate * * * freehold estate UK US noun [C] mainly UK PROPERTY, LAW ► FREEHOLD(Cf. ↑freehold) noun … Financial and business terms
freehold estate — England, Wales An estate in land which provides the holder of the estate with rights of ownership. There are several different types of freehold estate. The most common are: • fee simple, which is effectively absolute ownership of the land. •… … Law dictionary
freehold estate not of inheritance — A freehold estate for the life of the grantee or some other person. 28 Am J2d Est § 8 … Ballentine's law dictionary
freehold estate of inheritance — A freehold estate in fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional, fee simple determinable or defeasible, and estates in fee tail. 28 Am J2d Est § 8 … Ballentine's law dictionary
freehold — free·hold / frē ˌhōld/ n [translation of Anglo French frank tenement freehold estate]: a tenure of real property the duration of which cannot be determined and by which an estate in fee simple or fee tail or for life is held; also: an estate held … Law dictionary
estate — es‧tate [ɪˈsteɪt] noun [countable] 1. PROPERTY a large piece of land in the country, usually with one large house on it and one owner: • The estate consists of the main villa, several outbuildings and barns, a swimming pool, a farm house and an… … Financial and business terms
freehold — free‧hold [ˈfriːhəʊld ǁ hoʊld] noun [countable, uncountable] PROPERTY LAW complete ownership of a building or land for an unlimited time: • Residential leaseholders living in blocks of flats have the right to acquire the freehold of their block… … Financial and business terms
freehold — An estate for life or in fee. Intermountain Realty Co. v. Allen, 60 Idaho 228, 90 P.2d 704, 706. @ freehold estate A freehold estate is a right of title to land. Cohn v. Litwin, 311 Ill.App. 55, 35 N.E.2d 410, 413. An estate in land or other real … Black's law dictionary
freehold — An estate for life or in fee. Intermountain Realty Co. v. Allen, 60 Idaho 228, 90 P.2d 704, 706. @ freehold estate A freehold estate is a right of title to land. Cohn v. Litwin, 311 Ill.App. 55, 35 N.E.2d 410, 413. An estate in land or other real … Black's law dictionary
freehold — /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… … Universalium
