单词 | ryoti |
释义 | ryotiadj. Now historical. Of land in Bengal and some other parts of India: held on a permanent tenure in return for the payment of a certain rent. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > a legal holding > [adjective] > held in leasehold or by tenant > in specific manner full-stated1746 ryoti1772 sub-rented1796 tied1887 untied1888 1772 H. Verelst View Eng. Govt. Bengal 69 Those [lands] called ryotty are possessed by tenants resident on the spot, who by their grants ought to be continued as long as they paid their rents. 1794 J. Prinsep Strictures & Observ. Mocurrery Syst. 90 The Zemindars..are to be declared proprietors of their countries in perpetuity, before it fully appears what portion of it their fore-fathers may have alienated by Ryotty Pottahs. 1846 Calcutta Rev. 6 323 That there should have been such a great change in Ryotti tenures is not..to be wondered at. 1883 19th Cent. Sept. 425 Persons holding ryotti lands.., the immediate cultivators of the soil. 2003 N. K. Singh Encycl. Bangladesh XXI. xiv. 286/1 The planters, generally, opted for ryotti cultivation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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