A means of acquiring title to another's real property without compensation by occupying the property in a manner that has under common law the requirements of being actual, open and notorious, exclusive, hostile, under cover of claim or right, and continuous for a certain number of years.
Synonym of estate: any land, when considered as a region over which the owner exercises lordly control.
A territory, a domain, an area over which one exercises lordly control, particularly with regard to corporate or governmental bureaucracies.
Land held of a superior, particularly on condition of homage, fealty, and personal service, especially military service.