release, noun
- Origin:
- EnglishShow more Special sense of general English; see released area.
historical
The scheduling of land for occupation by Black people, in terms of the Native Trust and Land Act of 1936.
1936 R.J.M. Goold-Adams S. Afr. To-Day & To-Morrow 44The Bill also provides for the ‘release’ of some 14,000,000 more acres to the natives over the whole Union.
1988 A. Fischer in Boonzaier & Sharp S. Afr. Keywords 132The Bantu Development Trust bought up large tracts of land which had been earmarked for ‘release’ (from white ownership to the reserves) by the 1936 Land Act.
The scheduling of land for occupation by Black people, in terms of the Native Trust and Land Act of 1936.
- Derivatives:
- Hence release transitive verb, to schedule (land) in this way.1965 S. Afr. in Sixties (S. Afr. Foundation) 72The Native Trust and Land Act of 1936 released a further 7,250,000 morgen for purchase by the South African Native Trust, or by African tribes or individuals.
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