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LAND TENURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
Synonyms:
land tenure; tenure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("land tenure" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "land tenure"):
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)
