freehold vs plantation

freehold

noun
  • Real property held by a tenure of this type. 

  • Freehold tenure. 

adj
  • Of a tenure or estate in land, held in fee simple absolute in possession by a proprietor; granted out of the allodial title, liable to determine only on escheat. 

verb
  • To dispense property in this way. 

plantation

noun
  • A large farm; estate or area of land designated for agricultural growth. Often includes housing for the owner and workers. 

  • The importation of large numbers of workers and soldiers to displace the local population, such as in medieval Ireland and in the Americas; colonization. 

  • A colony established thus. 

  • An area where trees are planted, either for commercial purposes, or to adorn an estate. 

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