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Where was the Seigneurial System used?

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Where was the Seigneurial System used?

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Seigneurial system, an institutional form of land distribution and occupation established in NEW FRANCE in 1627 and officially abolished in 1854. It was inspired by the feudal system, which involved the personal dependency of censitaires (tenants) on the seigneur; in New France the similarities ended with occupation of land and payment of certain dues, and the censitaire was normally referred to as a HABITANT. The COMPAGNIE DES CENT-ASSOCIÉS, which in 1627 was granted ownership and legal and seigneurial rights over New France, also obtained the rights to allocate the land to its best advantage. The land was therefore granted as fiefs and seigneuries to the most influential colonists who, in turn, granted tenancies.