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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Agrarian Law

from the Latin ager (land), is a law for making land the common property of a nation, and not the particular property of individuals. In a modified form, it means a redistribution of land, giving to each citizen a portion.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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