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Demesne
De-mesne′
,Noun.
[OE.
demeine
, demain
, rule, demesne, OF. demeine
, demaine
, demeigne
, domaine
, power, F. domaine
domain, fr. L. dominium
property, right of ownership, fr. dominus
master, proprietor, owner. See Dame
, and cf. Demain
, Domain
, Danger
, Dungeon
.] (Law)
A lord’s chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use.
[Written also
demain
.] Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.