| 单词 | land grant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland grant land grant n. a grant of land; spec. attributive in land-grant-college n. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > specific granting of land > a grant of land land grant1862 1862 N.Y. Tribune 21 Mar. Some years since, the movement for a Pacific Railroad, attended by an enormous land-grant, assumed proportions that indicated the probable success of the movement. 1869 Bradshaw's Railway Man. 21 431 Expended..Land grant expenses—$7,205. 1870 J. K. Medbery Men & Myst. Wall St. 311 Unusual land-grants were made to railroad companies. 1873 J. H. Beadle Undevel. West xi. 191 The election had weakened the Republican party, and land grants were thought to be among the chief causes. 1900 Daily Chron. 28 Aug. 5/1 At the present time no land-grants to emigrants are being made by the Natal Government. 1944 F. Clune Red Heart 5 He was..a hander-out of liberal land-grants to sycophantic favourites. 1962 H. R. Loyn Anglo-Saxon Eng. iv. 158 If arable is at the centre of the land-grant, connected rights in meadow, pasture..and wood were closely associated with it. < as lemmas |
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