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Folkland
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Folkland'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/folkland.html. 1828.