freeholder
Owns land outright
A freeholder is someone who owns property outright rather than leasing it.
Historically, freeholders held land free of obligations to a feudal lord, which often qualified them to vote or serve on juries.
The term persists in legal contexts and in British English for outright property ownership: The freeholders voted to sell the building.
Written property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- estateProperty and grounds
- tenureProtected employment status
- parcelWrapped item for shipping
acreage · plot · tract · landholding · allotment · conveyance · survey · encumbrance
Independent cultivator or naval clerk
- burgherProsperous urban resident
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- manorialismMedieval estate labor system
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
vassal · fief · demesne · villein · suzerain · enclosure · commons · charter
Right to cast ballots
- votingFormally registering a choice
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- eligibilityState of meeting criteria
franchise · ballot · representation · jury duty · civic participation · qualification · electoral · polling
Depending on oneself alone
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
self-determination · unencumbered · landed · established · propertied · independent means · gentleman farmer · smallholder
deed
Written property conveyance
parcel · acreage · plot · tract · landholding · allotment · conveyance · survey · encumbrance · easement
yeoman
Independent cultivator or naval clerk
- burgherProsperous urban resident
- feudalismLand-for-service social structure
- manorialismMedieval estate labor system
serfdom · vassal · fief · demesne · villein · suzerain · enclosure · commons · charter · tenure
suffrage
Right to cast ballots
- votingFormally registering a choice
- enfranchisementGranting citizenship rights
- citizenshipStatus as state member
eligibility · franchise · ballot · representation · jury duty · civic participation · qualification · electoral · polling · constituency
self-reliance
Depending on oneself alone
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
self-sufficiency · self-determination · unencumbered · landed · established · propertied · independent means · gentleman farmer · smallholder
- business ownersshop owner, shopkeeper, storekeeper, proprietor, sole proprietor
- ownershomeowner, homeowners, landlords, business owner, shareholders
- landownerslandlords, farmer, rancher, homesteader, homeowner
- medieval workersserf, peasant, villein, bondsman, thrall
- property ownerslandlord, homeowners, landlords, owner, homeowner
- property rolesproperty owner, homeowner, landlord, tenant, lessee