fee
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9.3
- noun
- /fiː/
- Formal
:
pleno dominio
- 194. Chicago then sued to regain its ownership in fee of the land and riparian rights.
- fee simple
- fee simple absolute
- fee simple title
Examples
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And although the the land itself was, was owned by only four parties, they had fee simple to the land.
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The two meadow fields sold by Sean Dillon to Danny Byrne for the fee of one penny.
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In those jurisdictions, a binding fee arbitration clause in the fee agreement is probably permissible.
Academic text (1997) -
Included in the permitting cost were engineering, legal fees, and other minor costs associated with permitting a composting facility.
Academic text (1996) -
The farmer inherited the land in fee from his father, giving him full rights to the property.
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They decided to transfer the fee of the estate to their children as part of their estate planning.
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After years of tenancy, she finally acquired the fee of the house, allowing her to make permanent changes.
Synonyms
1
9.8
Full ownership of land without time limit that you can sell or leave to anyone
Full ownership of a house or land that you can sell and leave to someone
Idioms
Compounds
- Formal
5
3.4
A payment to a government or other official group for permission to do an activity
3
2.6
A sum of money you pay when you ask to be chosen for something like a job or school
- Formal
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9.8
Full ownership of land without time limit that you can sell or leave to anyone
- Formal
Full ownership of a house or land that you can sell and leave to someone
- Formal
A one-time payment that a local government asks to handle a request to change how land can be used
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fee for a legal right in land comes from the same old word for 'property' and was used in the Middle Ages when lords gave land to people as their holding. So holding land 'in fee' means you have that land as your own and can pass it on to your children.