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demain

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Demain  \De*main"\,  n.  [See  {Demesne}.] 
  1.  Rule  management.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  (Law)  See  {Demesne}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}.