metayer

Example Sentences

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All the land in the duchy was farmed on the metayer system, and with such ill results that the peasants were always in debt to their landlords.

From The Valley of Decision by Wharton, Edith

The metayer will find it convenient to be slack in paying rent.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

The average metayer pays from twenty to thirty per cent of his crop in rent.

From The Souls of Black Folk by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt)

A valuation of the latter is made at the time of entering into the agreement, and a re-valuation is made on termination, any depreciation being made good by the other party, or metayer.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William

The metayer system was one of the most common and persistent.

From Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)