land grant
noun
: a grant of land made by the government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges
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In the English-speaking Caribbean, all land for which there was no land grant was considered property of the British crown.
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Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Meetings between land grant holders and Harrison quickly fell apart, however.
—Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights.
—Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
Since no one was willing to bet on a newfangled technology on what was then the American frontier, the railroad remained a dream until it was rescued by U.S. Sen. Stephen Douglas in 1849, who got a federal land grant for a railroad, the first ever.
—Andrew Johnston, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2024
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Farah Nibbs, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2024
Meetings between land grant holders and Harrison quickly fell apart, however.
—Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
In 1960, a lumberman from North Carolina, Jack Taylor, bought the ranch and closed access to the residents of the valley with land grant rights.
—Elise Schmelzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2024
Since no one was willing to bet on a newfangled technology on what was then the American frontier, the railroad remained a dream until it was rescued by U.S. Sen. Stephen Douglas in 1849, who got a federal land grant for a railroad, the first ever.
—Andrew Johnston, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2024
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“Land grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20grant. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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