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Palmer Land Palmer Land
Palmer Land part of the Antarctic Peninsula , W Antarctica. Named by Americans after Nathaniel Palmer , who explored the area in 1820, Palmer Land (or Palmer Peninsula) referred to the entire Antarctic Peninsula. Palmer Land also refers to the portion of the peninsula surrounding Graham Land to... Read more
demesne demesne
demesne , land under feudalism kept by the lord for his own use and occupation as distinguished from that granted to tenants. Initially the demesne lands were worked by the serfs in payment of the feudal debt. As the serfs' labor service came to be commuted to money payments, the demesne lands... Read more
reclamation of land reclamation of land
reclamation of land practice of converting land deemed unproductive into arable land by such methods as irrigation , drainage , flood control, altering the texture and mineral and organic content of soil (see fertilizer ), and checking erosion . In the United States, all these methods have been... Read more
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (1977) Joseph P. Tomain The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA) (P.L. 95-87, 91 Stat 445) is one of the most comprehensive federal regulations on land use. Congress passed the SMCRA, which was signed by President Jimmy... Read more
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Carey Land Act Carey Land Act
Carey Land Act sponsored by Sen. Joseph M. Carey and passed by the U.S. Congress in 1894. The act provided for the transfer to Western states of U.S.-owned desert lands on the condition that they be irrigated. Settlers were permitted to buy up to 160 acres (64.7 hectares) of the land at 50¢... Read more
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ejido [Span.,=common land], in Mexico, agricultural land expropriated from large private holdings and redistributed to communal farms. Communal ownership of land had been widely practiced by the Aztecs, but the institution was in decline before the Spanish arrived. The conquistadors instituted the ... Read more

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