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That which is claimed; spec. in U.S. and Australia, a piece of land allotted and taken, esp. for mining purposes. Phr. to jump a claim: see jump, v.…
attributive, as frontage-foot, frontage-owner, frontage-rate, frontage-system; frontage-claim n. a portion of land of a definite measurement in…