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Urminnes hävd

Immemorial usage (urminnes hävd) is a right that has grown out of very long use and forms the basis for the right to herd reindeer. It means an area has been used in a certain way for so long that the use has given rise to a right. The term is central to the Sami's right to herd reindeer, since the right rests on precisely this long-standing and established use of the land.

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