Landowner

Definitions

A person who owns land.

Equivalents

Examples

“If this was unrestricted freehold, the land⟳ is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason⟳ of its shape⟳ and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land⟳ was acquired.”

“The largest owner of tea lands on the island in the late 1800s (and Taiwan’s single wealthiest family) were the Lins of Pan-ch’iao. Along with other great familial and corporate landowners, the Pan-ch’iao Lins drew income from renting their properties under a flexible, sophisticated contractual system of land⟳ tenure.”

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