Households of lineage heads should be among the largest buildings in the corporatelandholdingand include an architecturally distinct burial shrine.From theCambridge English Corpus
One was the separation of political leadership andlandholding, and the other was a new social homogenization.From theCambridge English Corpus
As a result the mobility of landholdings increased, the competition for land became more marked and the potential for accumulation greater.From theCambridge English Corpus
We distinguish here between division of the commons and individualization of privately held landholdings.From theCambridge English Corpus
Thelandholdingcorresponds to all cultivation parcels managed by an individual for his own benefit.From theCambridge English Corpus
This led to the frequent transfer of landholdings, a fierce and continuous competition for land and ample possibilities for accumulation.From theCambridge English Corpus
Secondly, historical patterns oflandholdingalso display a powerful effect on self-motivated political participation in my analyses.From theCambridge English Corpus
Two men, one of whom was single and one whoselandholdinghistory is unclear, were excluded.From theCambridge English Corpus
Commonly, expansion into new territory and the consolidation oflandholdingwas through the creation of canopy clans.From theCambridge English Corpus
The majority of households which increased their landholdings had two married couples, sometimes even three or four.From theCambridge English Corpus
As noted, the size of one'slandholdingin the tank-bed never exceeded a half of his holdings in the service area of the same tank.From theCambridge English Corpus
The principal advantage in such strategies was the possibility of dividing landholdings between children (instead of primogeniture), and this could include granting land to daughters.From theCambridge English Corpus
Missing information aboutlandholdinghas no bearing on the argument of this article since the focus is on the structure of the household.From theCambridge English Corpus
The land law, for example, sets no upper limits on the maximum size of landholdings.From theCambridge English Corpus
There is no clear correlation with the size of thelandholding: large landholders were neither more nor less likely to hold land jointly than smallholders.From theCambridge English Corpus
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