c. 1300, demeyne (modern spelling by late 15c.), from Anglo-French demesne, demeine, Old French demaine "land held for a lord's own use," from Latin dominicus "belonging to a maste [..]

a region or domain

a house and its land, an estate

1) The part of the lord's manorial lands reserved for his own use an not allocated to his serfs or freeholder tenants. Serfs work the demesne for a specified numbers of days per week. The demesne [..]

All land in the realm which had not been put into private hands, and from which the Crown derived rents and other revenues through custodians or "farmers".    (Warren, W.L. Henry II, 633 [..]

1) Manors, held by the king at the time of the Domesday survey, whose tenants enjoyed special legal rights.    (Bennett, Judith M. Women in the Medieval English Countryside, 233) 2) Lands at one t [..]

According to the common law, demesne refers to the land held in one's own right, especially the land attached to a manor and reserved for the court's own use. Ancient demesne refers to a man [..]

(n) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use(n) territory over which rule or control is exercised

dominica

Land in private ownership. For example, a manor house and its estate.

Land in the pesonal possession of a Lord, used to support that Lord rather than the tenants working it. Dreng