FOLKLAND
Etymology
Noun
folkland (countable and uncountable, plural folklands)
(legal, obsolete, UK) Land held in villeinage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and taken back at his discretion.
Source: Wiktionary
Folk"land`, n. Etym: [AS. folcland.] (O.Eng. Law)
Definition: Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or
people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his
discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was
opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed. Mozley &
W.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition