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  2. Manor house - Wikipedia

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    The manor on which the castle was situated was termed the caput of the barony, thus every true ancient defensive castle was also the manor house of its own manor. The suffix "-Castle" was also used to name certain manor houses, generally built as mock castles, but often as houses rebuilt on the site of a former true castle:

  3. Estate (land) - Wikipedia

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    The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house. Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in the same ownership as the mansion itself, covering more than one former manor.

  4. Prussian estates - Wikipedia

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    In order to overcome the restrictions on selling manor estates to fulfil outstanding debts, the manor estate holders formed a corporation of mutually liable debtors. So solvent manor estate holders had to step in for over-indebted borrowers, thus transforming the manor estate holders into a corporation of collective liability.

  5. Land tenure - Wikipedia

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    Approximately 7% of the allocated land in Israel is privately owned. The rest, i.e. 93%, is owned by the State and is known as "Israeli Land". Israel's Basic Law on real estate states that Israel's Land is jointly owned by the State (69%), the Development Authority (12%), and the Jewish National Fund (12%).

  6. Copyhold - Wikipedia

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    Copyhold was a form of customary land ownership common from the Late Middle Ages into modern times in England.The name for this type of land tenure is derived from the act of giving a copy of the relevant title deed that is recorded in the manorial court roll to the tenant, rather than the actual land deed itself.

  7. Manor - Wikipedia

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    Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism; Manor house, the main residence of the lord of the manor; Estate (land), the land (and buildings) that belong to large house, synonymous with the modern understanding of a manor. Manor (in Colonial America), a form of tenure restricted to certain Proprietary ...

  8. Elkins Estate - Wikipedia

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    The Elkins Estate is a 42-acre (170,000 m 2) estate located in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, United States. The estate contains seven buildings, the most notable being Elstowe Manor and Chelten House, which are historic mansions designed by Horace Trumbauer .

  9. Local government in Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Local municipalities can be governed by statutes, which are enacted by the Pennsylvania General Assembly, and are specific to the type and class of municipality; by a home rule municipality, under a home rule charter, adopted by the municipality; or by an optional form of government, adopted by the municipality. [3]