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Landestafel

English translation: land register

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German term or phrase:Landestafel
English translation:land register
Entered by: Beatrix D

02:27 Aug 25, 2020
German to English translations [PRO]
Genealogy
German term or phrase: Landestafel
Aus einer Veröffentlichung des "Deutsches Familienarchiv":

"In den ***Landestafeln***, die von den Fürstentümern Troppau übriggeblieben sind, kann man unter dem Jahr 1488 lesen, dass der verstorbene Nikolaus Trnawka in Schulden geraten war."
Beatrix D
Local time: 02:08
land registry
Explanation:
Zemské desky (German: Landtafel; in old Czech, always Desky zemské, literal translation, "Land tables")[1] is old Czech source of law. It is predecessor of land registry for real estates owned under allodial title (hereditary estates). Also resolutions of Diets, rulings of the Land (supreme) Court and other general legal rules were recorded there.

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Note added at 21 mins (2020-08-25 02:48:27 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemské_desky

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Note added at 22 mins (2020-08-25 02:50:01 GMT)
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maybe something with "record(s)"...

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Note added at 28 mins (2020-08-25 02:55:41 GMT)
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I would also be careful with "land" as a rendering of "Land-"as it probably refers to a geopolitical region... could be "State/Provincial" etc. so let's see what others contribute...

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Note added at 29 mins (2020-08-25 02:56:34 GMT)
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hopefully this will get the ball rolling

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-08-25 03:36:30 GMT)
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and also take into account that the ref is defective English...
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David Hollywood
Local time: 05:08
Grading comment
thanks!

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2land registry
David Hollywood
3land table
Daniel Arnold (X)


  

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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
land registry


Explanation:
Zemské desky (German: Landtafel; in old Czech, always Desky zemské, literal translation, "Land tables")[1] is old Czech source of law. It is predecessor of land registry for real estates owned under allodial title (hereditary estates). Also resolutions of Diets, rulings of the Land (supreme) Court and other general legal rules were recorded there.

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Note added at 21 mins (2020-08-25 02:48:27 GMT)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zemské_desky

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Note added at 22 mins (2020-08-25 02:50:01 GMT)
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maybe something with "record(s)"...

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Note added at 28 mins (2020-08-25 02:55:41 GMT)
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I would also be careful with "land" as a rendering of "Land-"as it probably refers to a geopolitical region... could be "State/Provincial" etc. so let's see what others contribute...

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Note added at 29 mins (2020-08-25 02:56:34 GMT)
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hopefully this will get the ball rolling

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Note added at 1 hr (2020-08-25 03:36:30 GMT)
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and also take into account that the ref is defective English...

David Hollywood
Local time: 05:08
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Oh, this is at least a very good explanation. And thanks for the link! For some reason wikipedia didn't give me any result at all when I searched with "Landtafel".


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: Gordon (below) is right.
3 hrs
  -> thanks Phil and Gordon's suggestion is good
agree  Cillie Swart: yeah i like this...
5 hrs
  -> thanks Cillie
neutral  Gordon Matthews: Wouldn't "land register" be better? I would understand "land registry" to be the institution where ownership of land is registered/recorded and the land register is kept.
9 hrs
  -> thanks Gordon and indeed it would
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2 days 13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
land table


Explanation:
quite a number of matches on "Zemské desky AND land table". "Land rolls" is also found, but less frequently.


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Daniel Arnold (X)
Australia
Local time: 10:08
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
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