The Ming Conveyance of Land Title

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Subject: Certificate of transferring out Land title of a Hill Land 0.1425 Chinese acre.  　

Date: 1622 A.D. The 2nd Year of Tien Chi (1621-1627)

Notes:

This conveyance of land title, which was actually a conveyance of tax liability rather than the property, was typically entered into as part of a real estate transaction. When a sale was agreed, the seller needed to apply for such certificate in order to transfer the liability for land tax to the buyer.

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