The status, condition, or right of being a freeholder; the ownership of freehold property.
From 'freeholder' with the suffix '-ship' (meaning status or position, from Old English 'sciepe'). A more formal term for the legal and social standing of property ownership.
Medieval documents show that 'freeholdership' wasn't just about owning land—it was about freedom itself, which is why the word 'free' was so important in property law and why landlords fought to prevent people from achieving it.
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