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in fee

Meaning

in fee

(law, idiomatic, archaic) Of an estate in land, inherited or owned by one who has the absolute right to dispose of the land as they desire, including the right to select an inheritor of the land.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The law, however, does not anticipate the transfer of title in fee simply to indigenous minorities. Source: Internet

By 1934, two thirds of Indian land had converted to traditional private ownership (i.e. it was owned in fee simple). Source: Internet

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