Manor

n.
  1. (Eng. Law) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.
  2. (American Law) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a free-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes by performing certain stipulated services.
  3. Manor house, or Manor seat ,
    the house belonging to a manor; the house of the lord of the manor; a manse.