(law, UK) The freehold of property, such as a basement or cellar, that is located underneath a different freehold; the converse of flying freehold.
(law, UK) The freehold of property, such as a basement or cellar, that is located underneath a different freehold; the converse of flying freehold.
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(law, UK) The freehold of property in an upper storey above a lower storey that belongs to a different freehold; the converse of creeping freehold.
(property law, E&W) The freehold tenure of part of a multioccupancy building (typically a flat) with shared responsibility for common services.
(intransitive, of plants) To grow across a surface rather than upwards.
(Scotland, Northern England) A heritable property (as distinguished from a farm).
(NZ) The socialist policy of replacing freehold tenure by a system of perpetual lease from the state, with all land transfer conducted through the state.