| 单词 | free grant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree grant free grant n. now historical the granting of a tract of unsettled land (in a colony) to a settler without payment; (also) the land so granted. ΚΠ 1799 H. Neuman tr. F.-A.-F. de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt Trav. through United States N. Amer. I. 237 To the best of my knowledge, none of these free grants include a transfer of the right of property. 1857 M. B. Hale Transportation Question 20 When free grants were no longer made, the land was sold at a very low rate. 1940 B. Howard Rakiura 243 Free grants to each settler, consisting of a village allotment of a quarter-acre and a suburban allotment of twenty acres. 2004 Sault Star (Sault Saint Marie, Ont.) (Nexis) 29 July b2 Males with children under 18 years of age could acquire 200 acres as a ‘free grant’ for farming. < as lemmas |
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