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Certificates of Claim were a form of legal instrument by which the colonial administration of the British Central Africa Protectorate granted legal property titles to individuals, companies and others who claimed to have acquired land within the protectorate by grant or purchase. The proclamation of the British Central Africa Protectorate was endorsed by the British Foreign Office in May 1891, and Harry Johnston as Commissioner and Consul-General examined and adjudicated on all claims to the ownership of land said to have been acquired before or immediately after that date. Between late 1892 and March 1894, Johnston issued 59 Certificates of Claim for land, each of which was equivalent to a freehold title to the land claimed. Very few claims were disallowed or reduced in extent, and around

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  • Certificates of Claim were a form of legal instrument by which the colonial administration of the British Central Africa Protectorate granted legal property titles to individuals, companies and others who claimed to have acquired land within the protectorate by grant or purchase. The proclamation of the British Central Africa Protectorate was endorsed by the British Foreign Office in May 1891, and Harry Johnston as Commissioner and Consul-General examined and adjudicated on all claims to the ownership of land said to have been acquired before or immediately after that date. Between late 1892 and March 1894, Johnston issued 59 Certificates of Claim for land, each of which was equivalent to a freehold title to the land claimed. Very few claims were disallowed or reduced in extent, and around 3.7 million acres, or 15% of the land area of the protectorate, was alienated, mainly to European settlers. No Certificates of Claim were issued after 1894, but this form of land title was never abolished, and some land in Malawi is still held under those certificates. (en)
  • Un Certificate of Claim (litt. « certificat de revendication ») est une forme de titre de propriété grâce auquel l'administration coloniale du Protectorat britannique d'Afrique centrale accorde des droits de possession à des personnes ou des entreprises qui affirment avoir acquis des terres du protectorat par don ou achat. La proclamation d'un protectorat sur le territoire de ce qui est de nos jours le Malawi par le Foreign Office britannique a lieu en mai 1891 et Harry Johnston, nommé consul général et commissaire du protectorat, est amené à examiner et statuer sur les revendications de propriété datant d'avant, ou de juste après, cette date. Entre le début de 1892 et mars 1894, il passe en revue cinquante neuf certificates of claim, chacun étant équivalent à une demande de certificat de propriété sur les terrains revendiqués. Très peu de certificats sont déclarés non-valables ou réduits en quantité de terres revendiquées, et environ 3,7 millions d'acres (1,5 million d'ha), soit 15 % des terres du protectorat, sont ainsi aliénés, pour l'immense majorité en faveur des colons européens. Il n'y a plus d'attribution de certificates of claim après 1894, mais cette forme de titre foncier n'a jamais été abolie, et quelques terres du Malawi actuel sont encore sous ce régime juridique. (fr)
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  • Certificates of Claim were a form of legal instrument by which the colonial administration of the British Central Africa Protectorate granted legal property titles to individuals, companies and others who claimed to have acquired land within the protectorate by grant or purchase. The proclamation of the British Central Africa Protectorate was endorsed by the British Foreign Office in May 1891, and Harry Johnston as Commissioner and Consul-General examined and adjudicated on all claims to the ownership of land said to have been acquired before or immediately after that date. Between late 1892 and March 1894, Johnston issued 59 Certificates of Claim for land, each of which was equivalent to a freehold title to the land claimed. Very few claims were disallowed or reduced in extent, and around (en)
  • Un Certificate of Claim (litt. « certificat de revendication ») est une forme de titre de propriété grâce auquel l'administration coloniale du Protectorat britannique d'Afrique centrale accorde des droits de possession à des personnes ou des entreprises qui affirment avoir acquis des terres du protectorat par don ou achat. (fr)
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  • Certificates of Claim (en)
  • Certificate of Claim (fr)
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