Freehold

is a term for land on which no unfree obligations are due, a distinction that is often a matter of debate. Freeholders rarely own the land they work but pay or  shares for its use, a legal process known as. Some freeholders are rural smen, such as s or s, who may or may not farm some. Freeholders may come and go as they please, grow whatever crops they like, and appeal their lord’s justice to the, but in many ways, the unfree have more secure than do freeholders.

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