[permaculture] Independent Freeholds

Robert Waldrop bwaldrop at cox.net
Tue Dec 2 20:01:44 EST 2008


Freehold is not a legal term, it is a traditional 
word used to refer to a property owned by an 
individual or family.  "Freeholders" = "yeoman 
farmers" = Jefferson's ideal for the majority of 
the population.  It is not a legal term, more of a 
cultural reference.  Its roots are in England.

Bob Waldrop, OKC
www.barkingfrogspermaculture.org
www.bobwaldrop.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Siegel" <todd.siegel at gmail.com>
To: "permaculture" 
<permaculture at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Independent Freeholds


> Hi Brent,
>
> I don't know either, but you piqued my 
> interested so I did a little
> googling.
>
> From 
> http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/freehold-land.html
>
> A freehold is "Real property held under fee 
> simple absolute in
> possession."
>
> So from 
> http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/fee-simple-absolute-in-possession.html
>
> Fee simple means:
>
> "Highest form of legal estate in freehold land 
> denoting complete
> ownership. 'fee simple' means ownership that 
> will not end with the
> death of the present owner but will descend to 
> his or her heirs.
> 'Absolute' means that owner's rights of 
> ownership are not limited by
> any condition. And 'inpossession' signifies 
> immediacy of those rights.
> Also called by its short form 'fee simple.'"
>
> Searches on "independent freehold" didn't turn 
> up anything useful,
> sorry.  I think he made that term up.  :-)
>
> According to his website, JHK is not accepting 
> emails anymore or you
> could have just asked him.  Perhaps try the book 
> discussion forum on
> KunstlerCast.com: 
> http://kunstlercast.com/forum/index.php?board=6.0
>
> Cheers,
> Todd
>
> On Dec 2, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Brent McMillan 
> wrote:
>
>> Dear fellow Permies:
>>
>> Over the holiday break I read Kunstler's book, 
>> "The Long Emergency."
>> In
>> the seventh, and final chapter, 'Living in the 
>> Long Emergency' he
>> states, "If the process of reorganizing 
>> agriculture in America were to
>> work favorably--especially in the form of 
>> independent freeholds--it
>> could have many benefits."
>>
>> Pardon my ignorance, but what is an 
>> 'independent freehold'?
>>
>> Where can I learn more about them? What are 
>> their strengths and
>> weaknesses as an organizing structure?
>>
>> Sincerely:
>>
>> Brent McMillan, Steward of Wood Haven
>> Avilla, Indiana, USA
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