land office
noun
: a government office in which entries upon and sales of public land are registered
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The first Litchfield village council meeting was held April 5, 1872, in the railroad’s land office, which was at the northeast corner of Sibley Avenue North and Depot Street (Sibley Antiques today).
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Terry Shaw, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2024
In 1871 alone, the state land office received 1,700 applications for land donations under this law.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
Rather than allow an unorganized tumble of men to pick lots on their whim, the whole empire would be cataloged, then sold at auctions in land offices established across the territories.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
This would undermine the power of real estate title companies and local government land offices.
—Ted Ladd, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
The historical significance of 1851 and 1869 is, respectively, the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceding the Utah territory to the United States and the establishing of the first federal land office in Utah, which allowed settlers to acquire land for the first time.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2021
Plano’s Legacy Central development continues to land office tenants.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 7 June 2021
The land office is required to safely remove marine life found in the construction site and place animals in a safe location, officials said.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
Doing so would mean the city and the county would not need to work through the land office to design recovery programs or request reimbursement.
—Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
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Terry Shaw, Twin Cities, 17 Apr. 2024
In 1871 alone, the state land office received 1,700 applications for land donations under this law.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Sep. 2024
Rather than allow an unorganized tumble of men to pick lots on their whim, the whole empire would be cataloged, then sold at auctions in land offices established across the territories.
—Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
This would undermine the power of real estate title companies and local government land offices.
—Ted Ladd, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
The historical significance of 1851 and 1869 is, respectively, the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceding the Utah territory to the United States and the establishing of the first federal land office in Utah, which allowed settlers to acquire land for the first time.
—Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Aug. 2021
Plano’s Legacy Central development continues to land office tenants.
—Steve Brown, Dallas News, 7 June 2021
The land office is required to safely remove marine life found in the construction site and place animals in a safe location, officials said.
—USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
Doing so would mean the city and the county would not need to work through the land office to design recovery programs or request reimbursement.
—Rebecca Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 12 Apr. 2018
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“Land office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20office. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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