Hypertext Webster Gateway: "freehold"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Freehold \Free"hold`\, n. (LAw)
An estate in real property, of inheritance (in fee simple or
fee tail) or for life; or the tenure by which such estate is
held. --Kent. Burrill.
{To abate into a freehold}. See under {Abate}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
freehold
n 1: an estate held in fee simple or for life
2: tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
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