Great Māhele land division

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The Great Māhele land division was an 1848 legal reform in the Hawaiian Kingdom that radically restructured traditional land tenure by privatizing and redistributing lands among the monarchy, chiefs, and commoners.

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Great Māhele land division canonical 2
Māhele of 1848 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event ⓘ
land reform ⓘ
legal reform ⓘ
aimedAt aligning Hawaiian land law with Western legal concepts ⓘ
clarifying land titles ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Great Mahele ⓘ
Māhele of 1848 ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Hawaii
chronologyDetail implemented through a series of land awards and divisions beginning in 1848 ⓘ
country Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Hawaii
describedBySource Hawaiian Kingdom land commission records ⓘ
Hawaiian Kingdom statutes ⓘ
followedBy economic transformation of Hawaii ⓘ
increased foreign acquisition of Hawaiian lands ⓘ
follows traditional Hawaiian land tenure system ⓘ
hasEffect creation of fee simple land titles ⓘ
diminished control of aliʻi over land ⓘ
dispossession of many Native Hawaiian commoners ⓘ
division of crown lands and government lands ⓘ
establishment of kuleana awards for commoners ⓘ
facilitation of foreign land ownership in Hawaii ⓘ
legal recognition of private property in land ⓘ
privatization of land in the Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
redistribution of land among monarchy, chiefs, and commoners ⓘ
restructuring of traditional land tenure in Hawaii ⓘ
hasPart division of lands between the king and aliʻi ⓘ
subsequent kuleana claims process ⓘ
influencedBy Western property law ⓘ
missionary legal advisors in Hawaii ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hawaiian ⓘ
legalBasis Hawaiian Kingdom land commission principles ⓘ
Kuleana Act of 1850 ⓘ
location Hawaiian Islands ⓘ
partOf history of Hawaii ⓘ
legal history of the Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
replaces communal land tenure under the ahupuaʻa system ⓘ
significantPerson Gerrit P. Judd ⓘ
Kamehameha III ⓘ
Land Commission members of the Hawaiian Kingdom ⓘ
William Charles Lunalilo ⓘ
linked to: Lunalilo
startTime 1848 ⓘ
temporalContext 19th century ⓘ
topic Native Hawaiian rights ⓘ
colonialism and dispossession ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ

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aliʻi (chiefly) system → transformedBy → Great Māhele land division ⓘ
House of Kamehameha → significantEvent → Great Māhele land division ⓘ
Great Māhele → alsoKnownAs → Māhele of 1848 ⓘ
subject linked to: Great Māhele land division
linked to: Great Māhele land division