Possessor of real estate

Usage examples of landholder.

And for almost a hundred years the United States Forest Service had been the greatest landholder in Chamisa County, although most of the land it held had once not so very long ago belonged to the people of Milagro.

With that in mind, Councilor Corius, I suggest you discuss the matter with Landholder Krychek.

The only agitation in which the higher classes took part was in opposition to the unjust scheme of Disraeli, to tax the Irish fundholder for the advantage of the English and Irish landholder.

Each tried to outbluff the others with their potential bravery, drilling with unfamiliar weapons, cheering the landholders every time they passed.

Many landholders had wisely kept the settlements small and widely dispersed, but Joachim Sardili, the kindhearted buffoon, had allowed the hooded atavisms to settle wherever they wished.

Tharion swept his pale gaze over the gathered people, hesitating on the calm figures of Hektor Carsus and Janine Bondalar, then moved on to glance at the other landholders, each standing separate from their rivals in the crowd.

Council, some landholders have still attempted to settle disputes through violence, or to usurp lands or resources that have not been distributed to them.

The Landholders Council and the Guild Mediators had been brought in and were even now working to settle the dispute.

Truthsayers Guild, a friend as well as one of the most powerful landholders on Atlas.

While many of the other landholders had flocked to assure Tharion of their loyalty, Franz Dokken had been there all along, giving him insightful advice on the new burdens he would have to bear.

As Guild Master, he had done mercifully few truthsayings in the past two years, spending more time with the Landholders Council, advising the telepathic Mediators, and overseeing the crimes and punishments determined by his Truthsayers.

Tharion maintained an impassive expression, since landholders always complained about their rivals.

It was a bad precedent to set, letting landholders deal directly with each other, rather than keeping them separate and at odds, forced to funnel all their commerce through First Landing.

By that time, Franz Dokken expected to have reduced Atlas society to a shambles, crushed every one of the rival landholders, and picked up the pieces in his own hands.

Tharion scanned a small lapscreen, intent on notes and files, probably from recent Landholders Council meetings.