land grant. A donation of public land to an individual, a corporation, or a subordinate government. [Cases: Public Lands 42. C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 64–66.] private land grant. A land grant to a natural person. See land patent under PATENT(2).
A donation of public land to an individual, a corporation, or a subordinate government. [Cases: Public Lands 42. C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 64–66.]
land-grant institutions 〈美〉获土地资助的教育机构 指获得美国国会为支持教育而授予其土地资助的教育机构。
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public-land-grant rates 公地授予费率(→land grant rates)
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Land granted from the public domain to an individual as a gift, usu. as a reward for services or to encourage settlement in a remote area. • The term was initially used in Pennsylvania to reward Revolutionary War soldiers. Cf. certificate land. [Cases: Public Lands 45. C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 67–70.]
ground landlord. Hist. The grantor of an estate on which ground rent is reserved. See ground rent under RENT(1).
Court of Private Land Claims. Hist. A federal court — in existence from 1891 to 1895 — with jurisdiction to hear private parties’ claims to public-domain land located in the southwestern part of the United States and deriving from Spanish or Mexican grants.
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