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Definition of Manor

Manor
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 from wikipedia

- Look up manor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Manor may refer to: Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts...
- 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...
- Manor Lords is a medieval city-builder and real-time tactics video game developed by Greg Styczeń from Slavic Magic and published by Hooded Horse. The...
- Manor Grand Prix Racing Limited, trading as Manor Racing MRT or Pertamina Manor Racing MRT, was a British Formula One racing team and constructor based...
- Lord of the manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England and Norman England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The titles date to the English...
- Manor Castle ward—which includes the districts of Claywood, Manor, Manor Park, Park Hill, and Wybourn—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield...
- The Manor Studio (a.k.a. the Manor) was a recording studio in the manor house at the village of Shipton-on-Cherwell in Oxfordshire, England, north of...
- Joyce Manor is an American punk rock band formed in Torrance, California in 2008. The band's current lineup consists of singer-songwriter and guitarist...
- Manor (pronounced with a long "a") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ware County, Georgia, United States. It lies southwest...
- Manor Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania: Manor Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania Manor Township, Lancaster...