| 单词 | land-office |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland-office land-office n. originally U.S. (see quot. 1855). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > other sales offices land-office1681 society > communication > record > written record > arrangement and storage of written records > [noun] > place where official records are kept > specific rolls1527 paper-office1637 pell officea1650 will office1672 land-office1681 1681 in Arch. Maryland (1889) VII. 242 An Act relating to the Land Office. 1755 H. Sharpe Corr. (1888) I. 193 Issuing a Commission to Mr. Calvert and Doctor Steuart as Joint Iudges of the Land Office. 1790 A. Hamilton in H. C. Syrett Papers (1962) VI. 503 It seems requisite, that the general Land-office should be established at the seat of Government. 1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Land-office, in most colonies there are land-offices, in which the sales of new land are registered, and warrants issued for the location of land, and other business respecting unsettled land is transacted. < as lemmas |
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