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free law.Hist. The civil rights enjoyed by a freeman (as opposed to a serf). • Free law could be forfeited if the freeman was convicted of treason or an infamous crime.[Blacks Law 8th]

free ice.Hist. Ice in navigable streams that does not belong to the adjacent riparian owner or to another with the right to appropriate it, but that belongs to the person who first appropriates it.[Blacks Law 8th]

freehold land society.(usu. pl.) Hist. A society in England created to enable mechanics, artisans, and other workers to buy at the lowest possible price freehold land with a sufficient yearly value to entitle the owner to the right to vote in the county in which the land was located.[Blacks Law 8th]

freehold interest.See FREEHOLD.[Blacks Law 8th]

freehold estate.See FREEHOLD.[Blacks Law 8th]

freeholder’s court baron.See COURT BARON.[Blacks Law 8th]

freeholder.Hist. One who possesses a freehold.[Blacks Law 8th]

freehold,n.1. An estate in land held in fee simple, in fee tail, or for term of life; any real-property interest that is or may become possessory. • At common law, these estates were all created by enfeoffment with livery of seisin. [Cases: Estates in Property 4–7, 12. C.J.S. Estates § 10–14, 20–27.] 2. The tenure…

free-gas clause.Oil & gas. A provision in an oil-and-gas lease entitling the lessor or the surface owner to use gas produced from the leased property without charge. • Used commonly in colder states, free-gas clauses usu. limit how the gas may be used (e.g., domestic heating and light), how much gas may be used (e.g.,…

free fishery.See FISHERY(1).[Blacks Law 8th]