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METAYER [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Strictly speaking, métayer agreements are those whereby farmers hold land on the condition that they yield half the produce to the owner from whom they receive stock and tools. However, the term is applied generally to schemes for the working of land on shares where the farmer is not placed in possession of any distinct portion of the farm.(Williams & Rhodes, 6th ed., p. 1-7).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

convention de métayage : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Agricultural Economics
OBS

Often the term "metayer" derived from French "métayer", is used in reference to the French system of sharecropping.

Key term(s)
  • share farmer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Économie agricole
CONT

(Le métayage est un système d'exploitation rurale) dans lequel le métayer exploite un domaine, la métairie, en utilisant le cheptel et l'outillage fournis par le propriétaire, et est rémunéré en nature par le partage des récoltes avec lui, d'où un revenu variable (qui s'oppose au revenu fixe du fermier).

Key term(s)
  • métayère

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión y política agrícola
  • Economía agrícola
Key term(s)
  • aparcera
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