Definition of "freehold"

freehold

adjective
not comparable
1. (property law) 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.
noun
countable and uncountable, plural freeholds
1. Freehold tenure.
2. (property law) Real property held by a tenure of this type.
verb
third-person singular simple present freeholds, present participle freeholding, simple past and past participle freeholded
1. To dispense property in this way.