freehold

See also: Freehold

English

Pronunciation

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Adjective

freehold (not comparable)

1. (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

freehold (countable and uncountable, plural freeholds)

1. Freehold tenure.
2. (property law) Real property held by a tenure of this type.

   Coordinate terms: leasehold, commonhold, copyhold

Derived terms

• creeping freehold
• flying freehold
• parson's freehold

Translations

Freehold tenure

• Finnish: omistusoikeus (fi), omistus (fi)
• Maori: herekore

Verb

freehold (third-person singular simple present freeholds, present participle freeholding, simple past and past participle freeholded)

1. To dispense property in this way.

Anagrams

• foreheld