Mān'or, n.
n. [O. Fr. manoir, maneir, maner, habitation, village, L. Lat. manerium, from O. Fr. manoir, maneir, maner, Lat. manere, to stay, remain, dwell, because it was the permanent residence of the lord and of his tenants.]
Sense 1. (Eng. Law.) The land belonging to a lord or nobleman, or so much land as a lord or great personage formerly kept in his own hands, for the use and subsistence of his family.
My manors, rents, revenues, I forego. Shak.
☞ In these days, a manor rather signifies the jurisdiction and royalty incorporeal, than the land or site, for a man may have a manor in gross, as the law terms it, that is, the right and interest of a court baron, with the perquisites thereto belonging.
Sense 2. (American Law.) A tract of land occupied by tenants who pay a fee-farm rent to the proprietor, sometimes in kind, and sometimes perform certain stipulated services. Burrill.