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Fee simple

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fee simple absolute in possessionnoun(law, England and Wales, formal, idiomatic) The unqualified and unrestricted ownership of an estate in land; freehold tenure.
fee-simplenounAlternative spelling of fee simple. [(law) The private ownership of property (real estate) in which the owner has the right to control, use, and transfer the property at will.]
fee simple determinablenoun(law) A defeasible fee created with clear durational language expressing a condition (e.g. "so long as", "until", "while") which causes ownership of a property to revert to the grantor upon the occurrence of that condition.
freeholdnoun(property law) Real property held by a tenure of this type.
frank-feenoun(UK, law) A species of tenure in fee simple, being the opposite of ancient demesne, or copyhold.
freeholdingnounproperty held in freehold
absolute fee simplenounAlternative form of fee simple absolute
clear titlenoun(law) Full ownership of something, usually land, that is free of any encumbrances.
defeasible feenoun(law) An estate in land that may be divested from its current owner upon the occurrence of an event set forth by the grantor in the grant.
fee tailnoun(law) An estate in land in common law in which the land is inherited, but cannot be sold, devised by will, or otherwise alienated by the owner, but which passes by operation of law to the owner's heirs upon his death.
propertynounSomething that is owned.
emphyteusisnoun(law) A right to enjoyment of property with a given stipulation that the property will be improved or maintained in an agreed upon manner; long leasehold
profit à prendrenoun(property law) A nonpossessory interest in land which grants the legal right to enter onto another person's real property (real estate) for the purpose of taking from its soil, mines and minerals, natural produce or flora and fauna.
severaltynoun(law) The sole ownership of property by someone.
seisinnoun(law, historical) An entitlement to a freehold estate with a right to immediate possession.
estatenounThe collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
leaseholdnounA leasehold estate in land.
property lawnoun(law) The area of law concerned with the ownership and conveyance of property rights and title.
enfeoffmentnoun(law, common law) The act or process of transferring possession and ownership of an estate in land.
property rightsnoun(law) The exclusive rights pertaining to the ownership and possession of a given piece of property.

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