Demesne Lands
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A phrase meaning the same as "demesne."
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A phrase meaning the same as demesne.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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
Defined under Demesne in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English law. Those lands of a manor not granted out in tenancy, but reserved by the lord for his own use and oecupation. 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 inciuded among demesne lands, as well a3 those in the lord’s aclual possession. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 90, DEMESNE LANDS OF THE
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. terrae dominicales.] 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, (terrae tenementales.) 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, voc. Dominicum. 2 Bl. Com. 90. See Demesne, Dominicum.