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Emphyteusis

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Em`phy`teu´sis
n.1.(Rom. Law) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent.
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Where others have regarded emphyteusis as merely another form of seigneurial exploitation, Aventin shows how accumulating leases and then subleasing them out was used by peasants to set themselves up in effect as small-scale landlords.
La societat rural a Catalunya en temps feudals: Valles Oriental, ... by Freedman, Paul / Journal of Social History
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