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Sesmarias e Apossamento de Terras no Brasil Colônia

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  • Nelson Nozoe

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This article analyses the evolution of Portuguese colonial land legislation. The crown offered large grants of land called sesmarias to encourage Brazilian settlement. During de colonial period, the sesmaria was the main legal method of gaining land ownership and title. Small farmers took unclaimed land for their use by squatting, a custom known as posse. Sesmarias are an example of transplanting institutions. The origins of sesmarias date back to 1375. Nearby independence the practice of awarding land by sesmarias ended but no other legal method of getting land was enacted.

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  • Nelson Nozoe, 2006. "Sesmarias e Apossamento de Terras no Brasil Colônia," Economia, ANPEC - Associação Nacional dos Centros de Pós-Graduação em Economia [Brazilian Association of Graduate Programs in Economics], vol. 7(3), pages 587-605.
    • Handle: RePEc:anp:econom:v:7:y:2006:i:3:p:587-605
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    Keywords

    Brasil Colônia; Terras; Legislação Sesmarial; Posses;
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    JEL classification:

    • N56 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Latin America; Caribbean

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