land grant
noun
: a grant of land made by the government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges
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Even though it's known by some as a pass-through town on the way to Gulf Shores, Magnolia Springs has its own heart, with stories that date back to its settlement as a Spanish land grant in 1800.
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Lawmakers last week introduced a bill that requires local government approval of large fencing projects on Sangre de Cristo land grant properties.
—The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
Notice also uphill to your right the remnant of a rubble-stone wall built, probably in the 1870s, to mark the boundary line of the 8,700-acre San Geronimo land grant.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
In the English-speaking Caribbean, all land for which there was no land grant was considered property of the British crown.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025
Lawmakers last week introduced a bill that requires local government approval of large fencing projects on Sangre de Cristo land grant properties.
—The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
Notice also uphill to your right the remnant of a rubble-stone wall built, probably in the 1870s, to mark the boundary line of the 8,700-acre San Geronimo land grant.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
In the English-speaking Caribbean, all land for which there was no land grant was considered property of the British crown.
—Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for land grant
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“Land grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20grant. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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