tree-claimn.U.S. a ‘claim’ or piece of land allotted with the proviso that it shall become the property of the occupier after a fixed term on condition of his planting a certain proportion of it with trees.
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1890 L. C. D'OyleNotches Rough Edge Life 44 I filed on the north-west quarter of 10 as a ‘homestead’, and the north-east quarter as a ‘tree-claim’.