general land office

General Land Office. A former U.S. Interior Department division that exercised executive power relating to the public lands, including their survey, patenting, and sale or other disposition. • The General Land Office and the U.S. Grazing Service were consolidated into the Bureau of Land Management in 1946. See BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT. [Cases: Public Lands 94. C.J.S. Public Lands §§ 167–168.]

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词条贡献者

译者大智，毕业于一所旨在培养高级翻译专业人才的翻译院校，擅长翻译各种与环境保护相关的法律文件。