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
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 William Garden Blaikie
The family finally became of such importance, and held so much landed property in the neighbourhood, that its influence became supreme in the whole of that region.
From Sidelights on Chinese Life by J. (John) Macgowan
