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Demain (?), n. [See Demesne.]
1. Rule; management. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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2. (Law) See Demesne.
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Demesne (?), n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF. demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, proprietor, owner. See Dame, and cf. Demain, Domain, Danger, Dungeon.] (Law) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [Written also demain.] Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.
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Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient.
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