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   Metayage
   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. ==Origin and function== Métayage was available under Roman law, although it was not in widespread use. It proved useful after the emancipatio...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metayage
   
   
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   Métayage
   Mé`ta`yage' noun [ French See Métayer .] A system of farming on halves. [ France & Italy]
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/57
   
   
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   Metayage
   • (n.) A system of farming on halves.
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/metayage/
   
   
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   métayage
   type of land tenure whereby the cultivator (metayer) uses land without owning it and pays rent in kind to the owner. Pure métayage is a form of share ... [2 related articles]
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/79
   
   

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