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  • 1land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …

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  • 2Land reform in Romania — Four major land reforms have taken place in Romania: in 1864, 1921, 1945 and 1991. The first sought to undo the feudal structure that had persisted after the unification of the Danubian Principalities in 1859; the second, more drastic reform,… …

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  • 3Oregon Ballot Measure 59 (2008) — Measure 59 Creates an unlimited deduction for federal income taxes on individual taxpayers Oregon income tax returns. Election results Yes or no …

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  • 4AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… …

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  • 5A Kind of Magic — This article is about the album by Queen. For their song of the same name, see A Kind of Magic (song). For the animated television series, see A Kind of Magic (TV series). For the upcoming film, see A Kind of Magic (film). A Kind of Magic …

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  • 6Oregon Ballot Measure 49 (1997) — Ballot Measure 49 was a 1997 ballot measure in the U.S. state of Oregon that restricted the kind of lawsuits that could be brought by prison inmates, and allowed the interstate shipment of products made with prison labor. The measure, referred by …

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  • 7Settled Land Acts — A settlement is a conveyancing device used by a property owner who wants to ensure that future generations of his family are provided for.Two main types of settlement* The Trust for sale – under this device the property which can be real or… …

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  • 8Mantal — has been an official measure of land in Finland and in Sweden. The mantal is a measure of the wealth of a farm, not a simple unit of area, as it depends on the productivity of the land. It is an apportionment figure. A cameral measurement… …

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  • 9League — (l[=e]g), n. [Cf. OE. legue, lieue, a measure of length, F. lieue, Pr. lega, legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua, Pg. legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic origin: cf. Arm. leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir. leige (perh. from English); also Ir.… …

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  • 10Geopolitik — is the branch of uniquely German geostrategy. It developed as a distinct strain of thought after Otto von Bismarck s unification of the German states but began its development in earnest only under Emperor Wilhelm II. Central concepts concerning… …

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