Word: fendal
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Dates: during 1887-1887
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...individualistic ownership under which we are living was preceded by a community of ownership where even food was apportioned out per capita. This system was finally broken up through the working of forces which led to the exaltation of individuals through military precedence, and out of this grew the fendal system of land ownership with the subletting of land to retainers. Then came the centralization of property in the hands of the king - the syllogism being adopted "The land is the state's - the king is the state - hence the land is the king...
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