Estate Less Than Freehold Law and Legal Definition
Estate less than freehold means any estate the duration of which is regarded in law as being less than that of a life estate. They are estates or interests in land less than a freehold and are of three kinds:
1) estates for years,
2) estates at will and
3) estates at sufferance. [Decatur Coal Co. v. Clokey, 332 Ill. 253, 263-264 (Ill. 1928)]
