FARM

Farm. Farm
(Matt. 22:5). Every Hebrew had a certain portion of land assigned to him as a possession (Num. 26:33-56). In Egypt the lands all belonged to the king, and the husbandmen were obliged to give him a fifth part of the produce; so in Palestine Jehovah was the sole possessor of the soil, and the people held it by direct tenure from him. By the enactment of Moses, the Hebrews paid a tithe of the produce to Jehovah, which was assigned to the priesthood. Military service when required was also to be rendered by every Hebrew at his own expense. The occuptaion of a husbandman was held in high honour (1 Sam. 11:5-7; 1 Kings 19:19; 2 Chr. 26:10). (See LAND LAWS; TITHE.)

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farm. Farm, n. land occupied by a farmer; in america, a tract of land cultivated by one man, or containing what is suitable for cultivation, as arable, pasture, &c. whether freehold or under lease

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Farm (?), n. [[OE. ferme rent, lease, F. ferme, LL. firma, fr. L. firmus firm, fast, firmare to make firm or fast. See Firm, a. & n.]] 1. 1. The rent of land, — originally paid by reservation of part of its products.
2. 2. The term or tenure of a lease of land for cultivation; a leasehold.
It is great willfulness in landlords to make any longer farms to their tenants. Spenser. 3. 3. The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
4. 4. Any tract of land devoted to agricultural purposes, under the management of a tenant or the owner.
☞ In English the ideas of a lease, a term, and a rent, continue to be in a great degree inseparable, even from the popular meaning of a farm, as they are entirely so from the legal sense. Burrill. 5. 5. A district of country leased (or farmed) out for the collection of the revenues of government.
The province was devided into twelve farms. Burke. 6. 6. (O. Eng. Law) A lease of the imposts on particular goods; as, the sugar farm, the silk farm.
Whereas G. H. held the farm of sugars upon a rent of 10,000 marks per annum. State Trials (1196).