Noun
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land patent (plural land patents)
(US, Canada) An exclusive grant of land made by a sovereign entity with respect to a particular tract of land.
The WIC would offer a land patent, the recipient of which would be responsible for negotiating a deal with representatives of the local population, usually the sachem or high chief. Source: Internet
Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications. pp. 194. Negotiations Robert Cushman and John Carver were sent to England to solicit a land patent. Source: Internet
The town grew during the 1870s, and President Ulysses S. Grant issued a land patent for the present site of Phoenix on April 10, 1874. Source: Internet