Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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ancient demesne
Hist. A manor that was held by the Crown at the time of William the Conqueror and was recorded in the Domesday Book.
court of ancient demesne
Hist. A court made up of freeholders of land held by the Crown (i.e., an ancient demesne). ( The freeholders acted as judges much the same way that freeholders of an ordinary manor would in a court baron. See ancient demesne under DEMESNE; COURT BARON.