Definition of Manor seat. Meaning of Manor seat. Synonyms of Manor seat

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Definition of Manor seat

Manor seat
Manor Man"or, n. [OE. maner, OF. maneir habitation, village, F. manoir manor, prop. the OF. inf. maneir to stay, remain, dwell, L. manere, and so called because it was the permanent residence of the lord and of his tenants. See Mansion, and cf. Remain.] 1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family. My manors, rents, revenues, l forego. --Shak. Note: In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court-baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging. 2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services. --Burrill. Manor house, or Manor seat, the house belonging to a manor.

Meaning of Manor seat from wikipedia

- A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal...
- A family seat, sometimes just called seat, is the prin****l residence of the landed gentry and aristocracy. The residence usually denotes the social, economic...
- south-east of Marlborough. A previous manor house on the same site, at that time in the parish of Great Bedwyn, was the seat of the Seymour family, a member...
- Philipsburg Manor (sometimes referred to as Philipse Manor) was a manor located north of New York City in Westchester County in the Province of New York...
- 17th century. The main seat of the earls and marquesses of Salisbury is Hatfield House in Hertfordshire, and Cranborne Manor is often the home of the...
- current and historical prin****l family seats of English royal, titled and landed gentry families. Some of these seats are no longer occupied by the families...
- to this day, by the twelfth century Woolsthorpe was a separate manor. It was the seat of various families including the Sleafords, the Pigotts, the Thimelbys...
- in 1811–14 as the family seat; sold in 1924. Barlow Woodseats Hall, bought in 1593; sold in the mid-1600s. Grafton Manor, seat of John Talbot of Grafton's...
- Manor St. George or St. George's Manor was a large tract of land purchased by William "Tangier" Smith in the 17th century on Long Island, in central Suffolk...
- Philipsborough Manor, and also known as Philipse Manor Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, the former family seat of Philipse Manor, now a house museum...