demesne

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de·mesne / diˈmān/ • n. hist. 1. land attached to a manor and retained for the owner's own use. ∎  the lands of an estate. ∎ archaic a region or domain.2. hist. Law possession of real property in one's own right.PHRASES: held in demesne (of an estate) occupied by the owner, not by tenants.

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