vergunning, noun
- Plurals:
- vergunnings, formerly vergunningen.
- Origin:
- Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch vergunnen grant permission, allow, permit + noun-forming suffix -ing.
obs. except in historical contexts, Law
Under the Transvaal Gold Law: one of sixty preference claims granted to the owner of a farm, to be assigned to persons of his or her choice prior to the land’s proclamation as a public diggings. See also mijnpacht.
1895 Gold Law of S. Afr. Republic 14He who possesses a written vergunning from the owner of a private farm or piece of ground, to prospect on his ground, shall obtain the requisite prospecting licence..from the Landdrost of the district.
1960 J.J.L. Sisson S. Afr. Judicial Dict. 840Vergunning, (pl. vergunningen), a written permission granted by the owner of a farm or land in the Transvaal, to a person, authorising such person under s.43 of the Transvaal Gold Law, No. 15 of 1898 (now repealed) to peg out claims on the owner’s farm or land prior to its proclamation as a public diggings.
one of sixty preference claims granted to the owner of a farm, to be assigned to persons of his or her choice prior to the land’s proclamation as a public diggings.
Chrome
Firefox
Internet Explorer
Safari