word except “claim.” Co. Litt. 201; In re Denny, 2 Hill (N. Y.) 220.

in his demesne as of fee of a corporeal inheritance, because he has a property, dominicum or demesne, in the thing itself. ut when he has no dominion in the thing itself, as in the case of an incorporeal hereditament, he is said to be seized as of fee, and not in his demesne as of fee. 2 Bl. Comm. 106; Littleton, § 10; Barnet v. Ihrie, 17 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 196.—Demesne lands. In English law. hose lands of a manor not granted out in tenancy, but re served by the lord for his own use and occupetion. Lands set apart and appropriated by the lord for his own patie use, as for the supply of his table, and the maintenance of his family; the opposite of tenemental lands. ancy and demesne, however, were not in every sense the opposites of each other; lands held for years or at will being included among demesne lands, as well as those in the lord’s actual possession. Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 90.—Demesne lands of the crown. That share of lands reserved to the crown at the original distribution of landed property, or which came_to it afterwards by forfeiture or otherwise. 1 Bl.