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Release :: Release (n.) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit..

Hereditary :: Hereditary (a.) Descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown..

Adscript :: Adscript (n.) One held to service as attached to the glebe or estate; a feudal serf.

Plot :: Plot (n.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc., drawn to a scale..

Obrok :: Obrok (n.) A poll tax paid by peasants absent from their lord's estate.

Primogeniture :: Primogeniture (a.) The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of the father belongs to the eldest son, and in the royal family the eldest son of the sovereign is entitled to the throne by primogeniture. In exceptional cases, among the female children, the crown descends by right of primogeniture to the eldest daughter only and her issue..

Forester :: Forester (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

Bailiff :: Bailiff (n.) An overseer or under steward of an estate, who directs husbandry operations, collects rents, etc..

Predial :: Predial (a.) Consisting of land or farms; landed; as, predial estate; that is, real estate..

Disclaimer :: Disclaimer (n.) A denial, disavowal, or renunciation, as of a title, claim, interest, estate, or trust; relinquishment or waiver of an interest or estate..

Remainder-man :: Remainder-man (n.) One who has an estate after a particular estate is determined. See Remainder, n., 3..

Estate :: Estate (n.) Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation.

Steward :: Steward (n.) A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like..

Redemise :: Redemise (v. t.) To demise back; to convey or transfer back, as an estate..

Nonresident :: Nonresident (a.) Not residing in a particular place, on one's own estate, or in one's proper place; as, a nonresident clergyman or proprietor of lands..

Reversionary :: Reversionary (a.) Of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right..

Aliene :: Aliene (v. t.) To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property; as, to aliene an estate..

Easement :: Easement (n.) A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the soil, as a way, water course, etc. It is a species of what the civil law calls servitude..

Lodge :: Lodge (n.) A small dwelling house, as for a gamekeeper or gatekeeper of an estate..

Circumstance :: Circumstance (n.) Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

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