Most documentation which survives from medieval times are legal and governmental records, financial accounts and property deeds.

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How can indigenous populations secure their claim to land without property deeds?

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At a center for registering real estate transactions in Shanghai's Xuhui district, staff said that there has been a pickup in the number of applications for property deeds from homebuyers in recent weeks.

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