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demesne
noun
- Law possession (of real estate) in one's own right
- Historical the land or estate belonging to a lord and not rented or let but kept in his hands
- the land around a mansion; lands of an estate
- a region or domain: also used figuratively
See demesne in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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