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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demain \De*main"\, n. [See {Demesne}.]
     1. Rule; management. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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     2. (Law) See {Demesne}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demesne \De*mesne"\, n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF.
     demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine
     domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr.
     dominus master, proprietor, owner. See {Dame}, and cf.
     {Demain}, {Domain}, {Danger}, {Dungeon}.] (Law)
     A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands
     belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy;
     a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's
     own use. [Written also {demain}.] --Wharton's Law Dict.
     Burrill.
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     {Ancient demesne}. (Eng. Law) See under {Ancient}.
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