单词 | crown demesne |
释义 | > as lemmascrown demesne crown demesne n. [ < crown n. + demesne n. (compare sense 3d at that entry)] ΚΠ a1628 F. Greville Treat. Monarchy x, in Remains (1670) 118 France then, thou large extended Monarchy, Keep to thy self the charge of Crown-demesne. 1750 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. II. viii. 177 Walter used the like care..in laying a talliage on the cities, burroughs, and towns of the crown-demesne, to replenish the exchequer. 1826 J. H. Druery Hist. & Topographical Notices Great Yarmouth 234 As part of the crown demesne, it was very early freed from the payment of toll, stallage,..other levies. 1997 H. C. Evison Long Dispute (rev. ed.) xv. 263 The vast ‘wastelands’ in the Kaikoura and West Coast districts, in the government's view, were already Crown demesne by virtue of British sovereignty. < as lemmas |
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