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land reform

–noun
any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless.

Origin:
1840–50, Americanism
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land reform  
n.  Measures, such as the division of large properties into smaller ones, that are taken to bring about a more equitable apportionment of agricultural land.
land'-re·form' (lānd'rĭ-fôrm') adj.
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