An Essay on the Distribution of Wealth and on the Sources of Taxation. By the Rev. Richard Jones ..., Volume 1 |
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... tenantry ' . The person receiving a grant is subject to a moderate rent , which he may commute for the payment of a specific sum3 . Throughout central Africa the consent of the king or chief must be obtained , before any spot of ground ...
... tenantry ' . The person receiving a grant is subject to a moderate rent , which he may commute for the payment of a specific sum3 . Throughout central Africa the consent of the king or chief must be obtained , before any spot of ground ...
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... tenantry had no means of resisting further encroachments . One of the most general seems to have been , the establishment of a right by which the landlord , providing the serf with subsistence , might withdraw him altogether from the ...
... tenantry had no means of resisting further encroachments . One of the most general seems to have been , the establishment of a right by which the landlord , providing the serf with subsistence , might withdraw him altogether from the ...
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... tenantry . By an edict of hers , which the Hungarians call the Urbarium , personal slavery and attachment to the soil were abolished , and the peasants declared to be " homines libera transmigrationis . " On the other hand , they were ...
... tenantry . By an edict of hers , which the Hungarians call the Urbarium , personal slavery and attachment to the soil were abolished , and the peasants declared to be " homines libera transmigrationis . " On the other hand , they were ...
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... tenantry has been very imperfectly abrogated : the necessities of the peasants oblige them frequently to resort to their landlords for loans of food ; they become laden with heavy debts to be discharged by labor . A long list of ...
... tenantry has been very imperfectly abrogated : the necessities of the peasants oblige them frequently to resort to their landlords for loans of food ; they become laden with heavy debts to be discharged by labor . A long list of ...
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... tenantry into a race of freemen . Sect . 5 . Labor Rents in Livonia and Esthonia . Till the reign of Alexander the condition of the Livonian peasantry was similar to that of the Russian slave . The servile condition of the culti- vators ...
... tenantry into a race of freemen . Sect . 5 . Labor Rents in Livonia and Esthonia . Till the reign of Alexander the condition of the Livonian peasantry was similar to that of the Russian slave . The servile condition of the culti- vators ...
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