freeholder

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At the moment, the freeholder of a property generally owns the building and the land beneath it, outright and forever.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

Meanwhile, a freeholder can charge for ground rent and service fees.

From BBC • Dec. 17, 2025

A mother and her teenage son are facing a fourth Christmas of homelessness after building contractors, working for the freeholder at their block of flats, left their home uninhabitable.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

Kate feared her home was going to collapse and warned the freeholder.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

The isolated townships constituted little commonwealths, with governments of their own, every inhabitant and freeholder having liberty to vote in the town-meetings, and the three or five selectmen being invested with the chief authority.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)