fiefdom

2 definitions found

fiefdom - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fiefdom
      n 1: the domain controlled by a feudal lord
      2: an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or
         group

fiefdom - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "fiefdom":
     adverse possession, alodium, burgage, claim, colony, de facto,
     de jure, dependency, derivative title, fee fief, fee position,
     fee simple, fee simple absolute, fee simple conditional,
     fee simple defeasible, fee simple determinable, fee tail, feodum,
     feud, frankalmoign, free socage, freehold, gavelkind,
     having title to, hold, holding, knight service, lay fee, lease,
     leasehold, legal claim, legal possession, mandate, occupancy,
     occupation, original title, owning, possessing, possession,
     preoccupancy, preoccupation, prepossession, prescription, property,
     property rights, proprietary rights, seisin, socage, squatting,
     sublease, tenancy, tenantry, tenure, tenure in chivalry, title,
     underlease, undertenancy, usucapion, villein socage, villeinhold,
     villenage