drainage district. A political subdivision authorized to levy assessments for making drainage improvements within its area. [Cases: Drains 12. C.J.S. Drains § 8.] “In the United States there are numerous special districts that administer drainage projects. They are typically formed under state law after a local election or petition showing consent of a majority of […]
Roman law. A servitude chiefly affecting agricultural land or land in the country. • The four oldest types, iter, actus, via, and aqueductus, were all res mancipi despite being incorporeal. Most rural servitudes were easements, but some were profits. — Also termed rustic servitude; praedium rusticum; jus rusticorum praediorum.
A minimum price set by the federal government for a particular agricultural commodity. [Cases: Agriculture 3.5.]
sharecropping. An agricultural arrangement in which a landowner leases land to a tenant who, in turn, gives the landlord a portion of the crop as rent. • The landlord usu. provides the seed, fertilizer, and equipment. [Cases: Landlord and Tenant 319–333. C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 793, 795–815, 817–829.] — sharecropper, n.
Natural Resources Conservation Service. An agency in the U.S. Department of Agriculture responsible for providing information and financial assistance to farmers and ranchers for voluntary conservation programs. • The Service was formerly known as the Soil Conservation Service. — Abbr. NRCS.
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Granger Cases (grayn-j[schwa]r). Six U.S. Supreme Court decisions that affirmed the government’s right to regulate fees charged by common carriers, warehouses, and grain elevators. • The cases, decided in 1876, arose out of grangers’ (i.e., farmers’) frustration with the inflated prices they were paying to store and transport their agricultural products. Several state legislatures passed
ager (ay-j[schwa]r), n. [Latin] Roman law. Land or territory; esp., a portion of land enclosed by definite boundaries. ager arcifinius (ay-j[schwa]r ahr-si-fin-ee-[schwa]s). [Latin “land having irregular boundaries; unsur-veyed land”] Roman law. Land enclosed only as a means of identification, not as a limit. Pl. agri arcifinii. Cf. ager limitatus. ager limitatus (ay-j[schwa]r lim-i-tay-t[schwa]s). [Latin “field
A loan that is given to an individual for family, household, personal, or agricultural purposes and that is generally governed by truth-in-lending statutes and regulations. [Cases: Consumer Credit 1. C.J.S. Interest and Usury; Consumer Credit § 274.]
loanland. Hist. A tenancy involving the loan of land by one person to another. — Also spelled laenland. Cf. BOOKLAND; FOLKLAND. “Laenlands were loaned lands, that is, lands granted for a period, either the life of the grantee or some longer time such as three lives. In return the grantees performed services, usually of an
board of registration. A state agency authorized to license and discipline members of a trade or profession. [Cases: Licenses 22, 38. C.J.S. Agriculture § 4.]
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