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landhohl ding

  • n  ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land
  • n  a holding in the form of land

  • Had the courts not been independent for 200 years, the non-landholding gentry would never have won the right to vote.
  • Qureshi was born on June 22, 1956 to a wealthy landholding family in Murree, a hilltop region often used as a summer resort.
  • The commission will likely vote on the decision this summer, but a large swath of that land is already protected: in February, the state's largest private landholding .
News & Articles

  • State hunting lands going private, lawmakers told
    CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia hunters are losing some of their stomping grounds to private clubs, as large landholding companies opt against public access deals, legislators learned Tuesday. Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro ou...
    July 23, 2013 - The Charleston Gazette
Quotes

  • J Jayalalithaa in Times of India
    In her lawsuit, filed through counsel Srikala Guru Krishnakumar, Jayalalitha said that Kacahtheevu, in the narrow Palk Strait that divides India and Sri Lanka, "was historically the part of Raja of Ramnad jamindari (landholding) and after the...
  • Evo Morales in Xinhua
    It is a historical days, we are beginning to finish the landholding. The private property will always be respected, but some people who does not want equality must change their minds,Morales added.
  • Hillary Rodham Clinton in Melbourne Herald Sun
    We have to recognize that in a country like ours, where the average size of landholding is so small, there are limitation to what you can to do improve agricultural productivity. The long-term solution to the problem of agrarian distress has to be... Manmohan Singh http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manmohan_Singh&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNH6ZyRkwy1bOgMraS9dZn9q9TYvkg Moneycontrol.com (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressnews/manmohansinghsteelsummit2007/developmentmode/market/stocks/article/273804&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNERiAKeGnXgQu5_NaTUMlXeIxA8SA Mar 29, 2007 56840 75268 landing I remember landing under sniper fire," Senator Clinton said last week. "There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down."

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