Demesne

Lands of which the lord had the absolute property or ownership, as distinguished from feudal lands which he held of a superior. 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 104; Cowell. Lands which the lord retained under his immediate control, for the purpose of supplying his table and the immediate needs of his household. Distinguished from that farmed out to tenants, called among the Saxons "bordlands." Blount; Co. Litt. 17a. Own; original. Son assault demesne, his (the plaintiff's) original assault, or assault in the first place. 2 Greenl. Ev. § 633; 3 Bl. Comm. 120, 306.

Domain; dominical; held in one's own right, and not of a superior; not allotted to tenants. In the language of pleading, own; proper ; original. Thus, son assault demesne, his own assault, his assault originally or in the first place.

— Demesne as of fee. A man la said to be seised in his demesne as of fee of a corporeal inheritance, because he nas a property. dominicum or demesne, in the thing itself. But when he has no dominion in the thing itself, as in the case of an incorporeal hereditament, he is said to be seised as of fee, and not in his demesne as of fee. 2 Bl. Comm. 106; Littleton. § 10; Barnet v. Ihrie, 17 Serg. & It. (Pad 196.

— Demesne lands. In English law. Those lands of a manor not granted out in tenancy, but reserved by the lord for his own use and occupation. Lands set apart and appropriated by the lord for his own private use, as for the supply of his table, and the maintenance of his family ; the opposite of tenemental lands. Tenancy and demesne, however, were not in every sense the opposites of each other; lands held for years or at will being included among demesne lands, as well as those in the lord's actual possession. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 90

— Demesne lands of the crown. That share of lands reserved to the crown at the original distribution of landed property, or which came to it afterwanis by forfeiture or otherwise. 1 Bl. Comm. 286 ; 2 Steph. Comm. 550.

— Demesnial. Pertaining to a demesne.

I. fr. Own; one's own; lands held rectly by the lord, as distinguished from lands lands held in feudal tenure; bordlands.

In English law. ' Demesne lands: lands of a in tenancy, but reserved by the lord for his tion; — of the crown: lands reserved to the jnxta mores loci comcognoscitur: crimes are where they are comtried. natural or positive; a delicto. a required act; to jury. or to some one acting person to be held as an buyer, — either actual, or sale or a bill of lading. return of goods taken owner, or for payment demeyne, demeigne, manor place, with the ancestors had, from time occupation, v. Deright for the doing of a under claim of right for v. Petens; Peto.; to order or award; to give in charge, as to; to ask or inquire; v. Demand. cutting off a member. faculties, or who has he does or saya. forward. meanwhile. absolutely, or used diheld of a superior, or manor not granted out own use and occupacrown at the original

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.

^ Own, one's own; original. Demesne land. Land reserved by the lord of a manor for the use of himself and household.' Ancient demesne. Tenure of manors belonging to the crown in the days of Edward the Confessor and William the Conqueror, and referred to in Domesday book.s Demesne lands of the crown. Reservations of the crown at the original distribution, or such as came to it afterward by forfeiture or other means.' Comprised divers manors, the tenants of which had peculiar privileges.^ Seised in his demesne as of fee. Formal words expressing the highest estate a subject can have in land. It is his property or dominicum, since it is for him and his 1 Demond v. Bumham, 133 Mass. 341 ( 2 Hitchings v. Edmands, 133 Mass. 339 ( ' [Hall V. Unger, 4 Saw. 677 (1867), Field, J. * Dennett v. Dennett, 44 N. H. 637 (1863), Bell, C. J. See 2 Eedf. Sur. 133; 3 Wash. 680; 4 id. 262; 3 Am. L. Reg. 449; 2 Abb. C. C. 511. » 1 Redfleld, Wills, 63, 94. Owing's Case, 1 Bland's Ch. 389 (1828). * F.: L^ dominium, ownership. Cf. Domain;.Assault, Son, etc. ' 2 Bl. Com. 90. heirs forever, not al)solute, but in a qualified or feudal sense; and as of fee, because not purely and simply his own, since it is held of a feudal superior.i The owner of an incorporeal hereditament is. said to be "seised as of fee." and not "in his demesne; " since he has no property in the thing itself, but something derived out of it.' " Seised in his demesne as of tee " is an allegation that the person is seised in fee-simple.'

fr. 1. Lordship, seigniory. 2. Lands held absolutely, or used directly, by the lord, as distinguished from lands held by a superior lord; bordlands, not lands demised to tenants. 3. Own, original. Denii,/r. Half. Demi-sangue: half-blood.

q. V. It was the form of allegthe defendant in his own defence against the plaintiff's first assault.

Demei/ne, Demeine, Demeigne, L.Fr. [Lai. suus, propriut.'] Own; one's own. De son tort demesne, (a. v.); of his own wrong. De son seigniour aem^gne; of his own lord. Britt. c. 38.