Of this actual proprietary right, there can be no doubt that it originally [was] vested solely in the sovereign; but it is equally certain, that the first clearers of the land entitled themselves, as their just reward, to such a real property in the ground... The History of Java - Page clxiby Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles - 1830 - 868 pagesFull view - About this book
| Indonesia - 1843 - 698 pages
...that it origiïiiiilly vetted solcly in the sovereign; but it ü cqually certain, that the olii.sl clearers of the land entitled themselves, as their...such a real property in the ground they thus in a nianner created, «that wlul:,ta due tribute of a certain sbare of ils prodnce for the «benefit of... | |
| Federated Malay States - 1884 - 886 pages
...sovereign ; but it is equally " certain that the first clearers of the land entitled themselves, " as a just reward, to such a real property in the ground they " thus in a manner created, that, while a due tribute of a cer" tain share of its produce was granted to the sovereign power " for the... | |
| Great Britain - 1913 - 286 pages
...sovereign ; but it is equally certain that the first clearers " of the land entitled themselves, as a ju.-t reward, to such " a real property in the ground they thus in a manner " created, that, while a due tribute of a certain share of its " produce was granted to the sovereign power for the... | |
| Ethnology - 1918 - 702 pages
...vested in any between the actual Cultivator and the Sovereign; the intermediate classes , who ma)- at any time have enjoyed the Revenues of Villages...in the ground, they thus in a manner created, that whilstadue tribute of a certain share of its produce for the benefit of being well governed, was paid... | |
| Ethnology - 1918 - 722 pages
...Government, who received those Revenues only from the gift of their Lord , and who depended on hts will alone for their tenure. Of this actual proprietary...in the ground, they thus in a manner created, that whilstadue tribute of a certain sh are of its produce for the benefit of being well governed, was paid... | |
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