fee simple
nounEtymology
From Old French fief simple.
- derived from fief simple
Definitions
The private ownership of property (real estate) in which the owner has the right to…
The private ownership of property (real estate) in which the owner has the right to control, use, and transfer the property at will.
- Sir, for a Cardceue he will ſell the fee-ſimple of his ſaluation, the inheritance of it, and cut th’ intaile from all remainders, and a perpetuall ſucceſsion for it perpetually.
- It had never occurred to me that a parson has no fee-simple in the house and glebe he occupies.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA