Kuleana is a Hawaiian word, defined in the Hawaii Electronic Library as a "Right, privilege, concern, responsibility, title, business, property, estate, portion, jurisdiction, authority, liability, interest, claim, ownership, tenure, affair, province; reason, cause, function, justification; small piece of property, as within an ahupua?a; blood relative through whom a relationship to less close relatives is traced, as to in-laws."
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The Kuleana Act of 1850
The Kuleana Act of 1850, proposed by the King in Privy Council passed by the Hawaii legislature created a system for private land ownership in seven parts. Section 1 recognized ownership of government plots occupied and improved by families. Section 2 expanded title to other types of land. Section 3 defined land boundaries and the ability to exchange portions of land. Section 4 established a system for the Hawaiian government to distribute larger parcels of land. Section 5 established the largest size of family owned lots. Section 6 attempted to distinguish between cultivated and waste lands. Section 7 established access to roads, water sources, and other natural resources.
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Recent Controversies
Facebook founder and billionaire Mark Zuckerberg came under scrutiny in 2017 when he attempted to integrate property titles established by the Kuleana Act into a 700 acre estate he intended to assemble in Hawaii using quiet title lawsuites to establish the ownership of ambiguously-titled parcels of land.
See also
- Kuleana rights
- Ahupua?a
- Ceded lands
- Great M?hele
- Aboriginal title in the United States
References
External links
- Hawaii Electronic Library
- Hoakalei Cultural Foundation
Source of article : Wikipedia
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