Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

caballeria

[Spanish] Spanish law. An allotment of land in regions formerly conquered by Spain, such as Mexico and the southwestern United States. ( Originally a Spanish feudal tenure held by a soldier, a caballeria eventually came to refer to an area of land. It usu. measures 100 by 200 feet in the United States, and between 30 and 200 acres in Mexico and other former Spanish territories.