資料來源 : pyDict
土地之所有,私有地,領地
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Demesne \De*mesne"\, n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF.
demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine
domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr.
dominus master, proprietor, owner. See {Dame}, and cf.
{Demain}, {Domain}, {Danger}, {Dungeon}.] (Law)
A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands
belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy;
a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's
own use. [Written also {demain}.] --Wharton's Law Dict.
Burrill.
{Ancient demesne}. (Eng. Law) See under {Ancient}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
demesne
n 1: extensive landed property (especially in the country)
retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned
a large estate on Long Island" [syn: {estate}, {land}, {landed
estate}, {acres}]
2: territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his
domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the
land" [syn: {domain}, {land}]