Poebléë was the Atjehnese term for the sale of land. D. W. N. de Boer, following C. Snouck Hurgronje, recorded that while the sale of land in Atjeh could not be called exactly rare, the poebléë of rice fields hardly occurred at all, since complete alienation of a rice field was regarded as a disgrace to the person concerned.
Public opinion
Quoting De Atjehers, Vol. I, p. 312: “Hoewel de verkoop van gronden in Atjeh niet bepaald zeldzaam genoemd kan worden… geldt hij, die zijn geerfde rijstveld geheel of gedeeltelijk verkoopt in de publieke opinie als een verkwister” — he who sells his inherited rice field wholly or in part passes in public opinion for a spendthrift. The practice was called peupia oemòng, the breaking up of one’s rice field; by it a man ruined the pangoeléé hareukat, the master of all breadwinning.
Restrictions on sale
Two restrictions bound the seller. Sale might not take place without the owners of adjoining land having been notified of the intention, these neighbours enjoying a right of preference on an equal bid with third parties — the nabuurrecht, for which De Boer cited De Atjehers, Vol. I, p. 106, and Adatrecht, p. 202. And the holder of milik was bound by the prohibition on alienation outside the landschap.
A non-indigenous cultivator holding half of a cleared sawah under the thiplah-tano contract might, on departure, sell his half, being obliged only to grant the radja concerned a right of preference.
See Also
Source
Het recht op den grond in Atjeh, by D. W. N. de Boer, dated Scheveningen, November 1931, pp. 59-80. Offprint DLP-141, Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, ‘s-Gravenhage; Bibliotheek KITLV accession 0060 4460 60 081470 428.