mailon.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪləʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪloʊ/

Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda è-mmayìro.

Etymology: < Luganda è-mmayìro estate < English (square) mile (see mile n.¹).

A system of freehold land tenure in Uganda, introduced as part of the 1900 Buganda Agreement, which granted ownership in perpetuity to landlords and protected rights to tax-paying tenants. Also: an area of land (originally measured in square miles) allotted under this system.The mailo system was officially abolished by the 1975 Land Reform Decree. Although tenants no longer pay taxes to landlords, few of the other measures of the Decree have been fully implemented.

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1908 in Laws Uganda Protectorate, 1910 (1910) 972 To hold land in this way will be known as holding mailo, and land of this description will be called ‘mailo’.

1938 H. B. Thomas & A. E. Spencer Hist. Uganda Land & Surv. vi. 10 The native-estate or ‘mailo’ (i.e. square mile) survey of Buganda.

1963 Economist 30 Mar. 1216/1 The perks that the feudal mailo land ownership system gives to the big men.

1976 S. R. Simpson Land Law & Registration i. 9 Cotton in Uganda has come as much from unregistered land as it has from mailo land where title has been registered for fifty years or more.

1991 H. B. Hansen & M. Twaddle Changing Uganda vii. xxi. 316 Mailo owners have not had any socio-economic benefits since 1975.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mailo
释义	mailon. Brit. /ˈmʌɪləʊ/, U.S. /ˈmaɪloʊ/ Origin: A borrowing from Luganda. Etymon: Luganda è-mmayìro. Etymology: < Luganda è-mmayìro estate < English (square) mile (see mile n.¹). A system of freehold land tenure in Uganda, introduced as part of the 1900 Buganda Agreement, which granted ownership in perpetuity to landlords and protected rights to tax-paying tenants. Also: an area of land (originally measured in square miles) allotted under this system.The mailo system was officially abolished by the 1975 Land Reform Decree. Although tenants no longer pay taxes to landlords, few of the other measures of the Decree have been fully implemented. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > [noun] > types of tenure in specific localities gavelkind1205 venville?13.. booking1812 mailo1908 1908 in Laws Uganda Protectorate, 1910 (1910) 972 To hold land in this way will be known as holding mailo, and land of this description will be called ‘mailo’. 1938 H. B. Thomas & A. E. Spencer Hist. Uganda Land & Surv. vi. 10 The native-estate or ‘mailo’ (i.e. square mile) survey of Buganda. 1963 Economist 30 Mar. 1216/1 The perks that the feudal mailo land ownership system gives to the big men. 1976 S. R. Simpson Land Law & Registration i. 9 Cotton in Uganda has come as much from unregistered land as it has from mailo land where title has been registered for fifty years or more. 1991 H. B. Hansen & M. Twaddle Changing Uganda vii. xxi. 316 Mailo owners have not had any socio-economic benefits since 1975. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1908
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