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Land Grants , LAND PATENTS. In English colonial America, the Crown made large grants of territory to individuals and companies. In turn, royal colonial governors l… Real Estate Industry , LAND COMPANIES. From the Virginia Company of 1603 and its grant of land in North America, through the Great Depression of the 1930s, land companies e… Carey Land Act , LAND ACTS. United States land policy has favored putting public lands into private hands, spending income from the sale of public lands to pay public… Public Domain , PUBLIC DOMAIN. The public domain differs from national domain and acquired land. National domain arises from political jurisdiction while the federal… Glebe , glebe / glēb/ • n. hist. a piece of land serving as part of a clergyman's benefice and providing income. ∎ archaic land; fields.
glebe was a portion… Terrier , terrier1 register of landed property. XV. — OF. terrier, sb. use of adj. :- medL. terrārius, f. L. terra land.
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