land tenure
- Subject Category
- E Economics, Business and Industry
- Definition
- The holding of land and the rights that go with such holding, including all forms of holding from fee simple title (embracing all possible rights within the general limitations imposed by the government) to the various forms of tenancy or holding of land owned by another.
- Definition Source
- Schwarz, Charles F.; Thor, Edward C.; Elsner, Gary H. 1976. Wildland planning glossary. Gen. Tech. Rep. PSW-13. Berkeley, Calif.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39524.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/39524
- Used For
- tenure systems
- Broader Term
- land economics
- Narrower Term
- farm tenancy
- grazing tenancy
- Related Term
- leasing
- Spanish
- tenencia de tierra
- Term Number
- 39524