freehold

See also: Freehold

English

Adjective

freehold (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

freehold (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

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)

To dispense property in this way.

Anagrams

foreheld