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
He commenced business in Halifax soon after his arrival, and accumulated a large landed property in the town.
From History of Halifax City by Akins, Thomas B.
This settlement was rendered impossible, however, by the attitude of the princes themselves, who naturally refused to be thus deprived of their landed property and chief source of income.
From A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance by Ogg, Frederic Austin
