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Secondary term

grant, land

URI

https://nomenclature.info/nom/14977 (opens semantic view)

Definition

A legal document, printed, handwritten or digital, transferring a gift of land ownership from a government to a business or an individual. Used to convey ownership of public lands from the government to the other party. Also as an incentive, reward, or to enable public works.

Definition source(s)

• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH), and Canadian Heritage Information Network / Réseau canadien d’information sur le patrimoine. 2018. “Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging / Nomenclature pour le catalogage des objets de musée.” September 1, 2018. https://www.nomenclature.info/.

English

Term (International)

land grant

Inverted term (International)

grant, land

Alternative term(s)

act of concession; instrument of grant

French

Term (International)

acte de concession

Term gender (International)

masculine

Spanish

Term

concesiones de tierras

External term source

Art & Architecture Thesaurus Online

Date created

2020-01-24

Date updated

2024-04-11

Bibliographic citation(s)

• Barber, Katherine, ed. n.d. “land grant.” In The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, 2 ed. Oxford University Press. Accessed August 12, 2019. https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195418163.001.0001/m_en_ca0038563.
• Department of Justice Government of Canada. n.d. “Instrument of grant.” Bijurial Terminology Records. Accessed August 12, 2019. https://canada.justice.gc.ca/eng/csj-sjc/harmonization/bijurilex/terminolog/not9.html.
• Fédération internationale des géomètres. n.d. “Acte de concession.” Grand dictionnaire terminologique. Accessed August 12, 2019. http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=17499659.
• Ministère de la Justice Gouvernement du Canada. n.d. “Acte de concession.” Fiche terminologique bijuridique. Accessed August 12, 2019. https://canada.justice.gc.ca/fra/sjc-csj/harmonization/bijurilex/terminolog/not9.html.
• The J. Paul Getty Trust. n.d. “Land grants.” Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online. Accessed August 12, 2019. http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300027253.
• Translation Bureau / Bureau de la traduction. n.d. “Acte de Concession.” Termium Plus. Accessed August 12, 2019. http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?lang=fra&i=1&srchtxt=acte+concession&index=alt&codom2nd_wet=1#resultrecs.
• Wikipedia. n.d. “Land grant.” Wikipedia. Accessed August 12, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_grant.

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