Freehold is an ownership of an estate in land rather than the land itself. This distinction dates back to the Middle Ages and makes a relatively little difference nowadays, so legal authorities often do not bother to distinguish between ownership of the land and ownership of an estate.

Freehold ownership gives you more than just a deed — learn what rights you actually hold, where those rights end, and how it differs from leasehold. A freehold estate is the most complete form of property ownership in American real estate.

The meaning of FREEHOLD is a tenure of real property by which an estate in fee simple or fee tail or an estate for life is held; also : an estate held by such tenure.

A man was shot several times in the middle of the afternoon at the library on East Main Street in downtown Freehold.

Meaning of a freehold property is a property that is legally ‘free from hold’ of any entity other than the owner. The owner of such a freehold property has the right to use it for any purpose, in accordance with the regulations of where the freehold is located.

This page explains the differences between freehold, leasehold and commonhold ownership of houses and flats.

Freehold means to own a property, including the land it’s built on, with no fixed time limit. Leasehold means to own a property for a fixed amount of time, leasing it from a landlord who owns the whole building or land it’s built on.