Demain
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
See "Demesne."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
See Demi snt.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Demesne, demaine, demayne, demaygne, I. Jr.
In old English law. A lord's chief lands thereto belonging, which he and his out of mind, kept in their own hands or manual mesne; Dominicum.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
See DEMESNE.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Demaine, Demayne, Demaygne, Demeyne, Bemeigne, Demesne, L. Fr. <fe Eng. [L. Lat. demanium, domanium, dominicum,'] In old English law. A term used to denote a lord's chief manor place, with the lands thereto belonging, which he and his ancestors had, from time out of mind, kept in their own hands or manual occupation. Termes de la ley, Blount, Derived, accordingly, by Lord Coke, from the Fr. de, of, and main, hand, i. e. manured [mainoured] or received by the hand. Hence manual occupation, possession or receipt. Co, Litt. 17 a. This derivation, however, is not approved by Spelman, who rejects also the word demesne and its etymology, and considers demain as derived from the Lat. dominicum, Spelman, voc: Dominicum, See Demesne, Dominicum.