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Demesne

A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A Dictionary of Law

Domain; dominical; held in one’s own right, and not of a superior; not allotted to tenants.

Sea Demesne LANDs

In the language of pleading, own; proper; original. ‘Chus, son assuutt demesne, hia own assault, hig assault originally or in the first place.