purchased land; a type of land tenure
tlalcoualli nican pouhtoc = The purchased lands are recorded here (Coyoacan, mid-sixteenth cent.)
ahu tla itla amatl nesitihu Cacmo neltocos ica Ca huel nestica ipan in huehue testamento Ca tlalcohuali ihuan totlalnemac = And if any paper should appear it is not to be believed, since it well appears in the old will that it is purchased land and our land by gift. (Azcapoltzalco, 1738)
tlalli (land) + cohualli (something purchased)
= purchased land
bought land
Land that was purchased individually could be sold.
notlalcohualtzin huey milli = mi tierra comprada, un gran sembradío (Cuernavaca, 1597)
yhuan ce notlalcohual = y otra es tierra comprada (Amecameca, 1625)
notlalcoualpan = tengo una tierra comprada (Tulancingo, México, 1577)
notlalcoual nicouilli Iheronimo Chalchiuh= mi tierra que compré a Gerónimo Chalchiu
yn tlali yuh ticmati ytlalcoual = se tiene noticia de como las dichas tierras son conpradas [tlalcoualli] (Tlatelolco, 1558)
ca ytlalcoual in quicouh yaquin oyuh yexiuitl topeualoque = es tierra comprada [tlalcoualli] las compró apenas hacia tres años que fuimos conquistados] (Tlatelolco 1558)