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 ===''Landgilde'' and ''Hoveri''===
-''Indfæstning:'' the entrance fee the tenants had to pay to begin residing on a farm or in a house.<br> ''Landgilde:'' the annual fee paid by tenants - either with cash or in kind, such as an amount of grain or pig.<br> ''Hoveri:'' work that tenants were required to do without pay. If a tenant could not pay taxes or not manage the farm well enough, the landowner would remove the tenant and replace him with a new tenant.
+''Indfæstning:'' the entrance fee the tenants had to pay to begin residing on a farm or in a house.<br> ''Landgilde:'' the annual fee paid by tenants - usually a combination of cash and kind, such as an amount of grain or pig.<br> ''Hoveri:'' work that tenants were required to do without pay. Also known as corvee labor. If a tenant could not pay taxes or not manage the farm well enough, the landowner would remove the tenant and replace him with a new tenant.
 For more information about ''hoveri'', see [http://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/hoveri/ Hoveri] from Aarhus University (in Danish).