ryot

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A farmer or tiller of the soil
{n} a renter of land in India, who has a permanent lease, at a fixed rent
[Hindi: raiyat] In India a peasant or tenant farmer (SSS-II)
A peasant or cultivator of the soil
A tenant in India who pays a usufruct for his occupation The Scripture parable of the husbandmen refers to such a tenure; the lord sent for his rent, which was not money but iruits, and the husbandmen stoned those who were sent, refusing to pay their “lord ” Ryots have an hereditary and perpetual right of occupancy so long as they pay the usufruct, but if they refuse or neglect payment may be turned away
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