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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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
land reform
legal reform
aimedAt aligning Hawaiian land law with Western legal concepts
clarifying land titles
alsoKnownAs Great Mahele NERFINISHED
Māhele of 1848 NERFINISHED
appliesToJurisdiction Hawaiian Kingdom NERFINISHED
chronologyDetail implemented through a series of land awards and divisions beginning in 1848
country Hawaiian Kingdom NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
missionary legal advisors in Hawaii
language English
Hawaiian
legalBasis Hawaiian Kingdom land commission principles
Kuleana Act of 1850 NERFINISHED
location Hawaiian Islands NERFINISHED
partOf history of Hawaii
legal history of the Hawaiian Kingdom
replaces communal land tenure under the ahupuaʻa system
significantPerson Gerrit P. Judd NERFINISHED
Kamehameha III NERFINISHED
Land Commission members of the Hawaiian Kingdom NERFINISHED
William Charles Lunalilo NERFINISHED
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