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Definition of Land grant
1. Noun. A grant of public land (as to a railway or college).
Definition of Land grant
1. Noun. (American English) A grant of land by the US government to encourage the development of western states, especially land transportation and practical higher education. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Land Grant
Literary usage of Land grant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"Public lands <S=8 1 ( I )— Secretary of Inte. rior cannot enlarge or curtail
rights of railroad under land grant. Under Act July 25, I860, granting lands to ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1911)
"... pass under its land grant of July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. at L. 365, 367, chap.
217 ) , because they fell within the indemnity limits of the grant of May 5, ..."
3. Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin by University of Wisconsin (1908)
"The attempt will be made to trace the evolution of the land grant policy, beginning
with the idea as brought in germ from England to the colonies. ..."
4. Negro Education: A Study of the Private and Higher Schools for Colored by United States Office of Education, Thomas Jesse Jones, Phelps-Stokes Fund (1917)
"The second influence tending to limit the purposes of the land-grant acts is ...
As the land-grant schools are the public institutions of highest grade in ..."
5. The Small Business Innovation Research Program: The First Decade (1993)
"He is testifying on behalf of the National Association of State Universities and
land grant Colleges. TESTIMONY OF DONALD N. LANGENBERG, CHANCELLOR, ..."
6. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"The land grant Decision IN 1866 Oregon desired a railroad outlet to the East over
the lines of the Central Pacific and Union Pacific, then building. ..."
7. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1910)
"Fitch, Henry, land grant to, 4. 596. Fitch, James, resists impressment, 2. 56.
... Fitzgerald, John, asks for land grant, 4. 65. land grant to, 4. 886, 891. ..."