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Jubilee year

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Jubilee year
fiftieth year; liberty proclaimed for all inhabitants. [O.T.: Leviticus 25:8–13]
See : Freedom


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The first Nichols had been dead since the reign of King William the Fourth, the second since the jubilee year of Queen Victoria.
In those days it was considered a sort of crime to part with one's inheritance at any price--and even if a man did part with it, it reverted to himself or his heirs again at the next jubilee year.
 
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