• to hold possession of, to hold sg in demesne, to hold, held, to occupy, to possess

• haver, holder, occupant, possessive, proprietary

• enfeoff

• possessive, tenurial

• to possess

• to evict

• sitting tenant

• possessed

• small holdings

• petty farmer

• landholder, landowner

• yeomanly

• home-farm

• squatter

• cracker

• account holder

• yeoman, yeomen

• commoner

• the estate devolved upon him

• yeomanry

• to free an estate from encumbrances