freeholder
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People may need permission from their landlord, freeholder or building owner.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
A freeholder can seek to repossess someone's home if a leaseholder doesn't pay service charges, something that will also be abolished under the reforms.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
It says it's "expected to be available in 2029"- which means, from that date, flat owners will purchase their home and the building and land beneath it, rather than it being owned by a freeholder.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
Under the leasehold system, people own the right to occupy a property via a lease for a limited number of years from a freeholder.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
So it is with this idle profession of wishing to see every American husbandman a freeholder.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by James Fenimore Cooper
