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Vocabulary Term Details

Common lands

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_lands)

Common land (a common) is land owned collectively or by one person, but over which other people have certain traditional rights, such as to allow their livestock to graze upon it, to collect firewood, or to cut turf for fuel. (Wikipedia)

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This term is used for the following terms: 
Communal lands

Approved Date
06-Nov-2013

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