erfpacht (English: “leasehold (long-term land lease)Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Long-term lease of land from the state for agricultural exploitation.
Translation
leasehold (long-term land lease)
Description
Long-term lease of land from the state for agricultural exploitation. After 1 Feb 1920, issuance delegated to the ZelfbestuurLeasehold system; early European coconut estates on erfpachtperceelen aroundKoeta Radja and Poelau Weh, later Westkust.
Significance
The term erfpacht is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 194, 195.