land tenure

Other forms: land tenures

Definitions of land tenure
  1. noun
    the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
    synonyms: tenure
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    types:
    copyhold
    a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services
    freehold
    tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life
    villeinage
    tenure by which a villein held land
    type of:
    legal right
    a right based in law
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