landed property
Example Sentences
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“Domain” derives from Old French, denoting heritable or landed property; its Latin-derived cognate, “domicile,” means, of course, “home.”
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022
The Romans used fundus to mean foundation or the main part of something, but especially to mean farm, or landed property - perhaps the basis of someone's wealth.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2015
I have lived here for many years, and, at one time, owned considerable landed property, and very often I would take my dogs out hunting mongooses in the pastures.
From Time Magazine Archive
Catholics, forbidden to own landed property, evaded the law by giving a Protestant nominal possession of their estates.
From Poems by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)
During his absence, Mallet, who had so abruptly quitted the service of Mr. Holly, returned to Caermarthen; and was appointed by my mother to the stewardship of her landed property.
From The Mysterious Wanderer, Vol. III A Novel in Three Volumes by Reeve, Sophia
