freeholdern.

Brit.

/ˈfriːˌhəʊldə/, U.S.

/ˈfriˌ(h)oʊldər/

Forms: see free adj., n., and adv. and holder n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymons: free adj., holder n.¹

Etymology: < free adj. + holder n.¹, after either Anglo-Norman franctenant (1268 or earlier) or post-classical Latin francus tenens (12th cent. in British sources), francotenens (from 12th cent. in British sources), liber tenens (1291, 1386 in British sources), libere tenens (frequently from early 12th cent. in British sources). Compare bondholder n.¹

a. A person who possesses a freehold estate. Also figurative.forty-shilling freeholder: see forty adj. and n. Additions.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by freehold

freeholder1375

freeholding1397

oaken-tenant1619

1375 in A. H. Cooke Early Hist. Mapledurham (1925) 205 (MED) The thridde parte of the Rent of the seide maner, of ffree holders and bonde holders, iij li. xviij s.

1414 Rolls of Parl. IV. 58/1 They ben fre tenauntz and freholderes to the Kyng in Chief.

1461 Rolls of Parl. (2005) V. 476/1 The tenauntes within the seid lordship been free holders, and nat copie holders.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng Prol. sig. B2 And than may the lorde of y^e sayd maners..haue parfyte knowledge..who is his fre~holders, copyeholders, customarye tenaunte, or tenaunt at his wyll.

1593 J. Adames Order Keeping Court Leete & Court Baron sig. D4 You shall enquire whether any Freeholder hath aliened or sould away his Freehold lands or tenements.

1637 S. Rutherford Let. 9 Sept. (1848) cclv. 508 The whole army of the redeemed ones sit rent-free in heaven... We are all freeholders.

1650 T. Brooks Hypocrite Detected 4 Hypocrites are hels free-holders.

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 214 He must (at least) hold up his hand, By twelve Free-holders to be scan'd.

1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. ix. 195 God did not make them freeholders; they held their possessions under him.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. ix. 347 He [sc. the coroner] is still chosen by all the freeholders in the county court.

1817 W. Pitt Topogr. Hist. Staffs. i. 218 The principal part of the land in this parish belongs to several independent free-holders, who have their farms in the highest state of cultivation.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. i. 16 The cultivator of the soil was, for the most part, a freeholder.

1884 St. James's Gaz. 20 June 6/1 The ancestors of many of the present freeholders began to squat upon the uncultivated slopes of the hills.

1915 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 7 Dec. 5/1 Women freeholders living within the ward where the proposed opening is to take place, may petition the council to have the street opened.

1986 M. Berlins Law & You (1988) 189/1 While the house is yours you have to pay to the freeholder the rent which is specified in the lease.

2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 36/1 She had to seek permission from her freeholder and building society to do this [sc. let out her flat], as her original leasehold agreement and mortgage was granted to her, not another person.

b. Scots Law. A person holding land directly of the sovereign or of the Prince of Scotland, and who in certain circumstances (see quot. 1890) acquired by this the right to vote and to be elected to Parliament. Now historical.The property qualification was abolished by the Reform Act of 1832.

ΚΠ

1427 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 13/1 Certane lordis, prelatis, banrentis, baronis, frehaldaris, and wismen.

1478 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 66/2 Ilk baroun and freehaldare that had soytouris in the said Are.

a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. 1741 In Fyff that tyme wes nane Erle, lord, na capytane, The fre-haldarys off that land.

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 364 That ilk minister sould give wp in roll the names of papistis, the heritouris and friehalderis within his parochin.

1702 in C. S. Terry Sc. Parl. (1905) 45 It was agreed to by the said whole barons and freeholders before proceeding to elect commissioners that whosoever should be elected Commissioners for this ensuing parliament should serve in the said station upon their own charges.

1779 G. Stuart Public Law 305 A real freeholder may retain a sufficient qualification for himself; and, if his fortune can bear it, may raise up ten or more qualifications, which he may distribute to his friends.

1890 G. Watson Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (ed. 7) Freeholder is a person holding of the Crown or Prince, though the title is, in modern language, applied to such as, before the passing of the Reform Act of 1832, were entitled to elect or be elected members of Parliament, and who must have held lands extending to a forty shilling land of old extent, or to £400 Scots of valued rent.

1987 Laws of Scotl. XXII. 280 Other legislation applicable to Scotland was discussed but not enacted until approved by the various branches of the Scottish legal profession and the freeholders—the small landowning electorate which discussed legislative policies in their Michaelmas head courts and regarded themselves as custodians of the constitution.

†2. slang. Apparently: a man whose wife allows him to remain indefinitely in a tavern or alehouse (and may accompany him there). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > frequenting pubs > person > permitted or accompanied by wife

freeholder1650

1650 Eighth Liberal Science sig. B3^v He whose wife goeth with him to the Tavern or Ale-house, is—A Free-holder. He whose wife useth to fetch him home from the Library [i.e. tavern], is a—Tenant at will.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Freeholder, he whose Wife goes with him to the Ale-house. [Also in later dictionaries.]

Derivatives

ˈfreeholdership n.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold

seisin1297

freeholdinga1325

freehold1414

seisininga1450

seizure1592

seise1607

freeholdership1701

1701 T. D'Urfey Bath v. iii. 54 He has only Threescore, and that he rents of me, besides a House of Fifty Shillings, to warrant his Freeholdership.

1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 247 In each of these two articles, there is a clause which does not bear upon the present subject; viz. that which speaks of high treason and freeholdership.

1900 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 3 May 1/7 Two Councilmen and one Freeholder are to be balloted for and from present observation the contest will develop more over the Freeholdership than the other two positions.

1999 J. G. A. Pocock Barbarism & Relig. I. iv. 103 The Gothic armed freeholdership which had ruled before 1500 was popish and unenlightened.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	freeholder
释义	freeholdern. Brit. /ˈfriːˌhəʊldə/, U.S. /ˈfriˌ(h)oʊldər/ Forms: see free adj., n., and adv. and holder n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item, or perhaps modelled on Latin lexical items. Etymons: free adj., holder n.¹ Etymology: < free adj. + holder n.¹, after either Anglo-Norman franctenant (1268 or earlier) or post-classical Latin francus tenens (12th cent. in British sources), francotenens (from 12th cent. in British sources), liber tenens (1291, 1386 in British sources), libere tenens (frequently from early 12th cent. in British sources). Compare bondholder n.¹ 1. a. A person who possesses a freehold estate. Also figurative.forty-shilling freeholder: see forty adj. and n. Additions. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > by freehold freeholder1375 freeholding1397 oaken-tenant1619 1375 in A. H. Cooke Early Hist. Mapledurham (1925) 205 (MED) The thridde parte of the Rent of the seide maner, of ffree holders and bonde holders, iij li. xviij s. 1414 Rolls of Parl. IV. 58/1 They ben fre tenauntz and freholderes to the Kyng in Chief. 1461 Rolls of Parl. (2005) V. 476/1 The tenauntes within the seid lordship been free holders, and nat copie holders. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng Prol. sig. B2 And than may the lorde of y^e sayd maners..haue parfyte knowledge..who is his fre~holders, copyeholders, customarye tenaunte, or tenaunt at his wyll. 1593 J. Adames Order Keeping Court Leete & Court Baron sig. D4 You shall enquire whether any Freeholder hath aliened or sould away his Freehold lands or tenements. 1637 S. Rutherford Let. 9 Sept. (1848) cclv. 508 The whole army of the redeemed ones sit rent-free in heaven... We are all freeholders. 1650 T. Brooks Hypocrite Detected 4 Hypocrites are hels free-holders. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 214 He must (at least) hold up his hand, By twelve Free-holders to be scan'd. 1751 J. Jortin Serm. (1771) V. ix. 195 God did not make them freeholders; they held their possessions under him. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. i. ix. 347 He [sc. the coroner] is still chosen by all the freeholders in the county court. 1817 W. Pitt Topogr. Hist. Staffs. i. 218 The principal part of the land in this parish belongs to several independent free-holders, who have their farms in the highest state of cultivation. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. I. i. 16 The cultivator of the soil was, for the most part, a freeholder. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 20 June 6/1 The ancestors of many of the present freeholders began to squat upon the uncultivated slopes of the hills. 1915 Racine (Wisconsin) Jrnl.-News 7 Dec. 5/1 Women freeholders living within the ward where the proposed opening is to take place, may petition the council to have the street opened. 1986 M. Berlins Law & You (1988) 189/1 While the house is yours you have to pay to the freeholder the rent which is specified in the lease. 2002 Which? Tax Saving Guide 36/1 She had to seek permission from her freeholder and building society to do this [sc. let out her flat], as her original leasehold agreement and mortgage was granted to her, not another person. b. Scots Law. A person holding land directly of the sovereign or of the Prince of Scotland, and who in certain circumstances (see quot. 1890) acquired by this the right to vote and to be elected to Parliament. Now historical.The property qualification was abolished by the Reform Act of 1832. ΚΠ 1427 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) II. 13/1 Certane lordis, prelatis, banrentis, baronis, frehaldaris, and wismen. 1478 in T. Thomson Acts Lords Auditors (1839) 66/2 Ilk baroun and freehaldare that had soytouris in the said Are. a1530 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Royal) viii. 1741 In Fyff that tyme wes nane Erle, lord, na capytane, The fre-haldarys off that land. c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1851) II. 364 That ilk minister sould give wp in roll the names of papistis, the heritouris and friehalderis within his parochin. 1702 in C. S. Terry Sc. Parl. (1905) 45 It was agreed to by the said whole barons and freeholders before proceeding to elect commissioners that whosoever should be elected Commissioners for this ensuing parliament should serve in the said station upon their own charges. 1779 G. Stuart Public Law 305 A real freeholder may retain a sufficient qualification for himself; and, if his fortune can bear it, may raise up ten or more qualifications, which he may distribute to his friends. 1890 G. Watson Bell's Dict. Law Scotl. (ed. 7) Freeholder is a person holding of the Crown or Prince, though the title is, in modern language, applied to such as, before the passing of the Reform Act of 1832, were entitled to elect or be elected members of Parliament, and who must have held lands extending to a forty shilling land of old extent, or to £400 Scots of valued rent. 1987 Laws of Scotl. XXII. 280 Other legislation applicable to Scotland was discussed but not enacted until approved by the various branches of the Scottish legal profession and the freeholders—the small landowning electorate which discussed legislative policies in their Michaelmas head courts and regarded themselves as custodians of the constitution. †2. slang. Apparently: a man whose wife allows him to remain indefinitely in a tavern or alehouse (and may accompany him there). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [noun] > drinking intoxicating liquor > frequenting pubs > person > permitted or accompanied by wife freeholder1650 1650 Eighth Liberal Science sig. B3^v He whose wife goeth with him to the Tavern or Ale-house, is—A Free-holder. He whose wife useth to fetch him home from the Library [i.e. tavern], is a—Tenant at will. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Freeholder, he whose Wife goes with him to the Ale-house. [Also in later dictionaries.] Derivatives ˈfreeholdership n. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > freehold seisin1297 freeholdinga1325 freehold1414 seisininga1450 seizure1592 seise1607 freeholdership1701 1701 T. D'Urfey Bath v. iii. 54 He has only Threescore, and that he rents of me, besides a House of Fifty Shillings, to warrant his Freeholdership. 1821 J. Bentham Elements Art of Packing 247 In each of these two articles, there is a clause which does not bear upon the present subject; viz. that which speaks of high treason and freeholdership. 1900 Trenton (New Jersey) Times 3 May 1/7 Two Councilmen and one Freeholder are to be balloted for and from present observation the contest will develop more over the Freeholdership than the other two positions. 1999 J. G. A. Pocock Barbarism & Relig. I. iv. 103 The Gothic armed freeholdership which had ruled before 1500 was popish and unenlightened. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1375
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