freeholder
Example Sentences
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Williams blames the freeholder for underinsuring the building.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Leaseholders are also legally obliged to pay ground rent - a fee paid for the land beneath their building - to the freeholder.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
There is no freeholder, and residents vote on decisions about shared spaces and maintenance.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Converting a block to commonhold means transferring ownership from the freeholder to the residents, and how existing freeholders should be compensated is disputed.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
But a lord could usually claim a small money-rent from the freeholder, sometimes a relief when his land was sold or passed at death, and occasionally a heriot from his heir.
From Our Legal Heritage June 2011 (Sixth) Edition by S. A. Reilly
