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freehold
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synonyms: fee simple, allodial ???
tags: [law]
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Definition:permanant and absolute tenure of land or property, opposite of leasehold
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they insisted that she not be a tenant on Fraser land, but live on a freehold.
Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Addressing the Maryland House of Delegates, Philadelphia drafter James McHenry reported that some at Philadelphia had urged a freehold requirement for federal voters to avoid “all the Disorders of a Democracy.” McHenry then proceeded to summarize the populist counterargument of “the Venerable Franklin.”
Akhil Reed Amar. America's Constitution: A Biography (2005)
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"Is it your own, Mr. Wemmick?"
"O yes," said Wemmick, "I have got hold of it, a bit at a time. It's a freehold, by George!"
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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“Mr. Pooter, I will purchase the freehold of that house, and present it to the most honest and most worthy man it has ever been my lot to meet.”
George and Weedon Grossmith. The Diary of a Nobody (1882)
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