The term aratrum terræ, in ancient
law
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books, meant as much land as can be tilled with one
plough
A plough or ( US) plow (both pronounced ) is a farm tool for loosening or turning the soil before sowing seed or planting. Ploughs were traditionally drawn by oxen and horses but modern ploughs are drawn by tractors. A plough may have a wooden ...
—''Hoc manerium est 30 aratrorum.''
Aratura terræ was an ancient service which the
tenant was perform for his lord, by ploughing his land.
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Carucate
The carucate or carrucate ( or ) was a medieval unit of land area approximating the land a plough team of eight oxen could till in a single annual season. It was known by different regional names and fell under different forms of tax assessment.
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History of agriculture
Real property law
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