demesne : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: demesne	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
demesne n extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" Synonym(s): estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land" Synonym(s): domain, demesne, land
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Demesne \De*mesne"\, n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF. demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, proprietor, owner. See {Dame}, and cf. {Demain}, {Domain}, {Danger}, {Dungeon}.] (Law) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [Written also {demain}.] --Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. {Ancient demesne}. (Eng. Law) See under {Ancient}.