land tenure
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| Noun | 1. | land tenure - the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands legal right - a right based in law 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 |
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