eigendom, noun

/ˈeɪxəndɔm/
Forms:
Also (usually in attributive use) eigendoms.
Origin:
DutchShow more Dutch, ‘ownership (of property)’.
obs. except in historical contexts, Law
Freehold; freehold land held in perpetuity. Also attributive, and combination eigendoms brief/brif/ [see briefie], deed of ownership. See also leenings eigendom.
1795 J.H. Craig in G.M. Theal Rec. of Cape Col. (1897) I. 256The Rents of Lands called Eigendoms Land or Property Land. These are Lands given in Property, but subject to the annual payment of about half a Rixdollar per Dutch acre.
1806 J. Barrow Trav. II. 56Most of the grounds in or near the village are what they call Eigendoms or freeholds, though they are held by small recognizance to Government, but they are totally different to loan-farms which are the normal kind of tenure in the colony.
1809 Lord Caledon in G.M. Theal Rec. of Cape Col. (1900) VII. 184Eigendoms Land or Land held in perpetuity is the property conveyed to the party by a stamped deed bearing the Governor’s Signature.
1811 J.A. Truter in G.M. Theal Rec. of Cape Col. (1901) VIII. 100The sum of 24 Rds. is expressly said to be the annual tax on each place, which on the delivery of the eigendoms brief is measured and taken at 60 morgen.
1884 Cape Law Jrnl I. 319A few grants were issued under certain ‘resoluties’ or Government Regulations of the years 1654 and 1657,..on condition that at the expiration of three years so much land as had been cultivated to the full extent of the capability of the soil should be granted in eigendom or freehold.
1967 W.A. De Klerk White Wines 91As the Old Cape Freeholds state — Vogelvallei was given to Abraham in eigendom, ‘because of his poverty and large family.’
1974 Davenport & Hunt Right to Land p.vFreehold (eigendom) tenure. Ownership under individual title of the land and of any structures built upon it. Dutch freehold tenure was often saddled with conditions, English was not.
Freehold; freehold land held in perpetuity. Also attributive, and combination eigendoms brief/brif/ [see briefie], deed of ownership.
Entry Navigation

Visualise Quotations

Quotation summary

Senses

17951974

Browse Related Words

By Category

Law
Nature and Environment

By Origin

Dutch

By Usage

obsolete or obsolescent
eiesoortig, adjectiveadj. & adverbadv.eighthman, nounn.
Copyright © 2025 Dictionary Unit for South African English