Manor

Definition of Manor

Man´or

n.

1.

(Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.

My manors, rents, revenues, l forego.

- Shak.

2.

(American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.

Manor house
the house belonging to a manor; the house of the lord of the manor; a manse.

Related Words

acres, chateau, chattels real, demesne, grounds, honor, landed property, lands, lot, lots, messuage, parcel, plat, plot, praedium, quadrat, real estate, real property, realty, tenements, toft

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