metayer system — /msteyarVmateyey sistam/ A system of agricultural holdings, under which the land is divided, in small farms, among single families, the landlord generally supplying the stock which the agricultural system of the country is considered to require,… … Black's law dictionary
métayer — n. person doing agricultural work for a share of the yield. ♦ métayage, n. such system … Dictionary of difficult words
Babylonian law — Archaeological material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive. So called contracts exist in the thousands, including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts, and most important of all, actual legal… … Wikipedia
Feudalism — • The source of feudalism rises from an intermingling of barbarian usage and Roman law Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Feudalism Feudalism … Catholic encyclopedia
métayage — |med.ə|yäzh, |mād. noun ( s) Etymology: French, irregular from métayer + age : the métayer system of farming land … Useful english dictionary
The Brehon Laws — The Brehon Laws † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Brehon Laws Brehon law is the usual term for Irish native law, as administered in Ireland down to almost the middle of the seventeenth century, and in fact amongst the native Irish until… … Catholic encyclopedia
Arthur Young (writer) — Arthur Young (September 11, 1741 April 12, 1820) was an English writer on agriculture, economics and social statistics. Birth and early life Arthur was the second son of the Rev. Arthur Young, rector of Bradfield, Suffolk, who was chaplain to… … Wikipedia
mé|tay|age — «meh TAY yahzh, French may teh YAZH», noun. the métayer system of agriculture. ╂[< French métayage] … Useful english dictionary
Metayage — Contract for metayage, papyrus, 35th year of Amasis II (533 BC, 26th Dynasty) The Metayage system (Fr. métayage) is the cultivation of land for a proprietor by one who receives a proportion of the produce, as a kind of sharecropping. Cont … Wikipedia
métayage — /met euh yahzh , may teuh /, n. the system of agriculture based on the use of métayers. [1875 80; < F; see MÉTAYER, AGE] * * * ▪ land ownership (French),Italian Mezzadria, type of land tenure whereby the cultivator (metayer) uses land… … Universalium
