Extracted From:
  A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856
  by John Bouvier, CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA

MANOR, estates. This word is derived from the French manoir, and signifies, a
house, residence, or habitation. At present its meaning is more enlarged, and
includes not only a dwelling-house, but also lands....
    By the English law, a manor is a  tract of land originally granted by the
king to a person of rank, part of which was given by the grantee to his
followers, and the rest lie retained under the name of his demesnes; that which
remained uncultivated was called the lord's waste, and served for public roads
and common of pasture for the lord and his tenants.

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