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Page 116
... land only in benefice with a wide right of use and exploitation . Not only were their own lands given out , but church lands were also distributed . About the same time public functions were also being given in benefice to royal vassals ...
... land only in benefice with a wide right of use and exploitation . Not only were their own lands given out , but church lands were also distributed . About the same time public functions were also being given in benefice to royal vassals ...
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... LAND AND BOCLAND , major divisions of land tenure in Anglo - Saxon England . The former was held by folkright , by customary law , without written title . Bookland , on the other hand , derived from royal privileges . Whereas folkland ...
... LAND AND BOCLAND , major divisions of land tenure in Anglo - Saxon England . The former was held by folkright , by customary law , without written title . Bookland , on the other hand , derived from royal privileges . Whereas folkland ...
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... Lands Question , a problem confront- ing the United States government after the U.S. takeover of the Philippines from Spain in 1898 , concerning the disposition of large land- ed estates owned by Spanish monastic orders on the islands ...
... Lands Question , a problem confront- ing the United States government after the U.S. takeover of the Philippines from Spain in 1898 , concerning the disposition of large land- ed estates owned by Spanish monastic orders on the islands ...
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