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D-title-deed Dictionary

Title deed

The registered document that proves ownership of land

All termsIntroduced in Module 1Open the Toolkit
An open dictionary on a farm office desk
Plain meaning
The registered document that proves ownership of land
How to use it
Check what document proves the student's right to the land and whether a lender will accept it. The answer decides whether the land can carry a loan in the venture plan.
South African benchmark
Freehold title is the norm on South African commercial farmland and is the standard bank security.
Country notes
Zimbabwe uses 99-year leases and offer letters on resettled land; Botswana and Namibia distinguish freehold, state and tribal or communal land; Zambia distinguishes state and customary land.
Go and read
C1
Calculate it
No calculator; the term is applied in the venture plan narrative.
Library sources
LIB-A018, LIB-A022
See also
Leasehold, Collateral, Dead capital
Two hectares measured out, with the four numbers that make land a business assetTwo hectares, measured as a business assetHectare 1100 m x 100 mHectare 210,000 m²100 m100 m100 mLease value a yearthe return to beatSale valuethe capital tied upHolding costfencing, rates, upkeepTenure documentwhat a bank lends on1 hectare = 10,000 square metres. Two hectares is a 200 m x 100 m block.
Title deed, shown as a diagram.

Introduced in C1 The Farm as an Asset.