bekerítés
C1
Hungarian
enclosure
NOUN
C1
TECHNICAL
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enclosure
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Usage pattern:
közös földek/közföldek bekerítése
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Meaning
historical fencing of common land
Themes
history
|agriculture
|land_ownership
|britain
|social_change
|politics
|law
Definition
In British and European history, the process by which common land was taken into private ownership by fencing or hedging it off, often referred to collectively as the Enclosure Acts or the Enclosure movement.
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