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Mansion-house

Mansion-house, a dwelling-house.-3 Inst. 64. See (English) LIMITED OWNERS RESIDENCES ACT. The (English) Settled Land Act, 1882 (45 & 46 Vict. c. 38, gave (see SETTLED LAND) a tenant for life a power to sell settled land, but by s. 10 of the (English) Settled Land Act, 1890, repealing and re-enacting, with amendments, s. 15 of that Act, the 'principal mansion-house' (unless it be usually occupied as a farmhouse, or its site with its park, etc., do not exceed twenty five acres in extent) was not to be sold, exchanged, or leased by such tenant for life without the consent of the trustees of the settlement, or the order of the Chancery Division of the High Court. Now, by the (English) Settled Land Act, 1925, under settlements made after 1925, the mansion and park may be sold without the consent of the trustees or leave of the Court unless the settlement otherwise provides. For discussion on the meaning of the term 'the principal mansion-house,' see Gilbey v. Rush, (1906) 1 Ch 11....


Mansion

Mansion [mansio, Lat., a manendo], the lord's house in a manor. Cf. The Mansion House, the official residence of the Lord Mayor of London. See next title....


mansion house

mansion house : a dwelling house of any size and any buildings (as barns or stables) within the curtilage ...


Vill, or village

Vill, or village, a manor; a parish; the out-part of a parish, 1 Steph. Com. A town or township, the simplest form of social organization; see Stubbs's Const. History of England, vol. i. p. 82; Williams on Rights of Common, pp. 39 et seq.; 1 Bl. Com. 115.The following is the difference between a mansion, a village, and a manor, viz.: a mansion may be of one or more houses, but it must be of one dwelling-house, and none near to it, for it other houses are contiguous, it is a village; and a manor may consist of several villages, or one alone, Fleta, 1. 6, c. 51....


messuage

messuage [Anglo-French, probably alteration of Old French mesnage dwelling house, ultimately from Latin mansion- mansio habitation, dwelling, from manēre to remain, sojourn, dwell] : a dwelling house with the adjacent buildings and curtilage and other adjoining lands used in connection with the household ...


Casa

A house or mansion...


Domicile

An abode or mansion a place of permanent residence either of an individual or a family...


House

A structure intended or used as a habitation or shelter for animals of any kind but especially a building or edifice for the habitation of man a dwelling place a mansion...


mains

The farm attached to a mansion house a manse...


Mansion

A dwelling place whether a part or whole of a house or other shelter...


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