Cropper

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One who, having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labor. 2 Rawle (Pa.) 12.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One who raises a crop for a share of it.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One who, having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labor. Fry v. Jones, 2 Rawle (Pa.) 12; Harrison v. Ricks, 71 N. C. 7.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

One who, having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for hls labor. Fry v. Jones, 2 Rawle (Pat) 11; Wood v. Garrison (Ky.) 62 S. W. 728; Steel v. Frick, 56 Pa. 172. The difference between a tenant and a cropper is: A tenant has an estate in the land for the term, and, consequently, he has a right of property in the crops. Until division, the right of property and of possession in the whole is the tenant's. A cropper has no estate in the land; and, although he has in some sense the possession of the crop, it ls the possession of a servant only, and is, in law, that of the landlord, who must divide off to the cropper his share. Harrison v. Ricks. 71 N. C. 7.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

One who, having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving 2 portion of the crop for his labor. 2 Rawle, 11. The difference between a tenant and a cropper is: A tenant has an estate in the land for the term, and, consequently, he has a right of property in thecrops. Until division, the right of property and of possession in the whole isthe tenant’s. A cropper has no estate in the land; and, although he has in some sense the possession of the crop, it is the possession of a servant ouly, and is, in law, that of the landlord, who must divide off to the cropper his share. 71 N.C. 7.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

contracts, is one who having no interest in the land, works it in consideration of receiving a portion of the crop for his labour. 2 Rawle, R. 12.