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

But, although he had no landed property of his own to look after, he had an object in life.

From Miser Farebrother, Volume I (of 3) A Novel by Farjeon, Benjamin Leopold

Then, their landed property would be taken on some pretext—the vineyards and olive-yards inherited from their fathers—and given to his favourites.

From The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel by Blaikie, William Garden