Meaning of Landhold | Babel Free

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A landholding, a piece of land that is held (owned).

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Examples

“This was especially apparent in Galicia where, as a result⟳ of the increasing population, the number⟳ and proportion of "dwarf" landholds was increasing alarmingly. Ludkiewicz found that of the total rural landholds in 1859, 35.6 percent were ...”

“Casting about for means to feed⟳ his family, Tacho, in some desperation, took a job running a ranch at San Carlos Viejo, ironically, once a landhold of Buenaventura Arce, and then in possession of another of his descendants, [...]”

“Consequently Cortes, Alvarado, and other principals of the conquest became owners of landholds larger than that of any noble in Spain. The crown, unwilling or unable to limit⟳ the claims of those ambitious captains, resorted to profit ...”

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