ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land
<noun.possession>
a holding in the form of land
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Landholder \Land"hold`er\, n. A holder, owner, or proprietor of land. -- {Land"hold`ing}, n. & a.
landholding \landholding\ n. 1. ownership of land; the state or fact of owning land. [WordNet 1.5]
2. A holding in the form of land; the land owned by a person. [WordNet 1.5]
Gorbachev offered few details on his ideas to improve the economy, other than saying he would propose changes in laws covering finances, transportation, energy resources, agriculture and landholding.
Those whose livelihoods come from the forest favor an alternative called "extractivist reserves," a new system of landholding in which the government expropriates rain forest to allow commercial harvesting of fruits, nuts and other renewable products.
Notably, no landholding exceeds 960 acres.
The company said it intends to focus on the Hawaiian retailing and landholding operations it will retain.