In the United States, a land office is a government office where records are kept about the sale of public land, including information about who owns it.
[US]
Line-ups formed daily at the land offices as township after township was opened forsettlement.
land office in British English
noun
US and Canadian
an office that administers the sale of public land
land office in American English
US
a government office that handles and records the sales and transfers of public lands
More idioms containing
land office
do a land-office business
Examples of 'land office' in a sentence
land office
Land office records were filled with entries of farmers who had failed to keep up their payments.