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Basic economic unit in feudalism in Europe,
established in England under the Norman
conquest. It consisted of the lord's house
and cultivated land, land rented by free
tenants, land held by villagers, common land,
woodland, and waste land. Here and there
traces of the system survive in England - the
common land may have become an area for
public recreation - but the documents
sometimes sold at auction and entitling the
owner to be called `lord of the manor' seldom
have any rights attached to them.