Calcutta Review, Volumes 74-75University of Calcutta, 1882 - India |
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Page 154
... custom . The system of rents in kind had four attributes of immense value in the protection of the cultivator . It gave him practical fixity of tenure . It fixed for him a fair rent , determined by custom , and unaffected by competition ...
... custom . The system of rents in kind had four attributes of immense value in the protection of the cultivator . It gave him practical fixity of tenure . It fixed for him a fair rent , determined by custom , and unaffected by competition ...
Page 158
... custom , would be our best hope . If custom has already become a sort of right , the time for giving an expression to the unwritten law might seem to have arrived . To check an evil tendency is easier than to counteract an existing evil ...
... custom , would be our best hope . If custom has already become a sort of right , the time for giving an expression to the unwritten law might seem to have arrived . To check an evil tendency is easier than to counteract an existing evil ...
Page 69
... custom - house farmers , compelled merchants or passengers to part with things they brought only for their own use , and not for sale , at a price fixed by the officials . The Governor , in fact , who happened to arrive at the custom ...
... custom - house farmers , compelled merchants or passengers to part with things they brought only for their own use , and not for sale , at a price fixed by the officials . The Governor , in fact , who happened to arrive at the custom ...
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