n.

1. Law.
   1. An estate held in fee or for life.
   2. The tenure by which such an estate is held.
2. A tenure of an office or a dignity for life.

[Middle English frehold, translation of Anglo-Norman fraunc tenement : fraunc, free + tenement, possession.]

freeholder free'hold'er n.

Estate in Fee or a Life Estate; an estate or interest in real property for life or of uncertain duration.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A life estate, an interest in land the duration of which is restricted to the life or lives of a particular person or persons holding it, or an estate in fee, an interest in property that is unconditional and represents the broadest ownership interest recognized by law.

In order to be categorized as a freehold, an estate must possess the characteristics of (1) im- mobility — in the sense that the property must be either land, or some interest derived from or affixed to land — and (2) indeterminate duration.

Determinable freeholds are life estates created by language that provides that the estate is to terminate automatically upon the occurrence of a specified event.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - selveje, selvejendom
adj. - selvejet

Nederlands (Dutch)
volledig eigendom, onbeperkt erfgoed, in volledig eigendom, als onbeperkt erfgoed

Français (French)
n. - propriété foncière libre (à perpétuité)
adj. - en pleine propriété, en propriété libre

Deutsch (German)
n. - Besitzrecht
adj. - Eigentums-

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (νομ.) πλήρης και αποκλειστική κυριότητα, νομή και κατοχή
adj. - (νομ.) πλήρους και αποκλειστικής κυριότητας

Italiano (Italian)
proprietà fondiaria assoluta, di proprietà fondiaria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - domínio (m) absoluto

Русский (Russian)
право собственности на недвижимость

Español (Spanish)
n. - feudo franco, dominio pleno, franco, absoluto, vitalicio
adj. - feudo franco, dominio pleno, franco, absoluto, vitalicio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - full besittningsrätt
adj. - med full besittningsrätt

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
自由保有, 自由保有官职, 不动产, 可终身保有的, 可自由处置永久保有的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 自由保有, 自由保有官職, 不動產
adj. - 可終身保有的, 可自由處置永久保有的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (부동산) 자유 보유권
adj. - 자유 보유권의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 自由保有権, 自由保有不動産
adj. - 自由保有の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تملك , مطلقه (صفه) ملك صرف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בעלות מלאה‬
adj. - ‮מוחזק בבעלות מלאה‬

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