Archaic term for land granted to cultivate figs or to receive income from fig production.
From Latin 'ficarius' relating to figs, derived from 'ficus' (fig tree), used in medieval English legal documents to denote specific agricultural holdings.
Medieval property law was so specific that there was a legal term just for fig-producing land, showing how important and valuable figs were in pre-industrial European economies!
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