Seised In Demesne As of Fee

This is the strict technical expression used to describe the ownership in "an estote in fee-simple in possession in a corporeal hereditament." The word "seised" is used to express the "seisin" or owner's possession of a frcehold property; the phrase "in demesne," or "in his demesne," (in dominico suo) signifies that he is seised as owner of the land itself, and not merely of the seigniory or services; and the concluding words, "as of fee," import that he is seised of an estate of inheritance in fee-simple. Where the subject is incorporeal, or the estate expectant on a precedent freehold, the words "in his demesne" are omitted. (Co. Litt l7o; Fleta, 1. 5, c. 5, § 18; Bract. L 4, tr. 5, c. 2, § 2.) Brown.