Demesne
De`mesne´
DEMESNE, Eng. law. The name given to that portion of the lands of a manor
which the lord retained in his own hands for the use of himself and family.
These lands were called terra dominicales or demesne lands, because they
were occupied by the lord, or dominus manerii, and his servants, &c. 2 Bl.
Com. 90. Vide Ancient Demesne; Demesne as of fee; and Soil assault demesne.
acres,
ambit,
arable land,
area,
arena,
bailiwick,
barnyard,
barton,
beat,
border,
borderland,
cattle ranch,
champaign,
chattels real,
chicken farm,
circle,
circuit,
collective farm,
cotton plantation,
croft,
dairy farm,
demesne farm,
department,
discipline,
domain,
dominion,
dry farm,
dude ranch,
factory farm,
fallow,
farm,
farmery,
farmhold,
farmland,
farmplace,
farmstead,
farmyard,
field,
fruit farm,
fur farm,
grain farm,
grange,
grassland,
grounds,
hacienda,
hemisphere,
homecroft,
homefarm,
homestead,
honor,
judicial circuit,
jurisdiction,
kibbutz,
kolkhoz,
land,
landed property,
lands,
location,
lot,
lots,
mains,
manor,
manor farm,
march,
messuage,
orb,
orbit,
orchard,
pale,
parcel,
pasture,
pen,
plantation,
plat,
plot,
poultry farm,
praedium,
precinct,
property,
province,
quadrat,
ranch,
rancheria,
rancho,
real estate,
real property,
realm,
realty,
round,
sheep farm,
sphere,
station,
steading,
stock farm,
subdiscipline,
tenements,
terrain,
territory,
toft,
truck farm,
walk