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for the proprietor's own use. [Written also demain.] Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient.

Former; sometime. [Obs.] They mourned their ancient leader lost. Pope. Ancient demesne (Eng. Law), a tenure by which all manors belonging to the crown, in the reign of William the Conqueror, were held. The numbers, names, etc., of these were all entered in a book called Domesday Book. -- Ancient lights (Law), windows…

The demesne lands of a manor; also, the manor itself. [Eng.] Burton.

used in records and judicial proceedings. Shak. -- Court lands (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is, for the use of the lord and his family. -- Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court. -- Court party, a party attached to the court. -- Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll. -- Court in ba…

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Demesne. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne.

; especially, the land about the mansion house of a lord, and in his immediate occupancy; demesne. Shenstone.

A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold. Burrill.