Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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metayer system
An agricultural system in which land is divided into small farms among single families who pay a landlord a fixed portion - usu. half - of the produce and the landlord provides the stock. The system was formerly prevalent in parts of France and Italy, and in the southern part of the United States. - Also written metayer system.