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Chiefly North American. A tract of land marked out or surveyed; spec. an area surveyed and allocated for the mining of minerals; a mining claim…
That which is claimed; spec. in U.S. and Australia, a piece of land allotted and taken, esp. for mining purposes. Phr. to jump a claim: see jump, v.…