Legal Definition and Related Resources of Farm
Meaning of Farm
A tract of land held for the purpose of cultivation. Sometimes used to denote a tract of land used for dairy, poultry raising and such similar purposes. Originally, the term denoted an agricultural holding on a lease .
Farm Alternative Definition
Fearme, Ferm, Firm, (L. Lat, Firma; from Sax. fearme, feorme, food or provisions). In English Law. The rent of land under lease, anciently reserved and paid in provisions, (in eduliis), Spelman, voc. Firma. Cowell, voc. Ferme. 2 Bl. Comm. 318; when paid in money (hlanch& finm). Spelman; 2 Bl. Comm. 42. A term; a lease of lands; a leasehold interest. 2 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 17; 1 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 301, note; 6 Term R. 532; 2 Chit. PI. 879, note (e). The land itself, let to farm or rent. 2 Bl. Comm. 368. It is usually the chief messuage in a village or town whereto belongs great demesne of all sort. Cowell; Cunningham; Termes de la Ley. A large tract or portion of land taken by a lease under a yearly rent payable by the tenant. Tomlin.s. From this latter sense is derived its common modern signification of a large tract used for cultivation or other purposes, as raising stock, whether hired or owned by the occupant, including a messuage with outbuildings, gardens, orchard, yard, etc. Plowd. 195; Touch. 93. In American or Modern Law. A tract of land devoted, in part at least, to cultivation, without reference to its extent, or to the tenure by which it is held. 132 111. App. 277; 18 Pick. (Mass.) 553; 2 Bin. (Pa.) 238; 47 How. Pr. (N. Y.) 446.
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United States Tax Concept of Farm
A category of business that includes livestock, dairy, poultry, fish, fruit, plantations, ranches, ranges, and orchards. You are in the business of farming if you own a farm or if you manage a farm as a tenant.
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Online translation of the English legal term farm into Spanish: granja (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.
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- Rural Development
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