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  2. Public domain (land) - Wikipedia

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    The government promised soldiers land in lieu of pay. After the Revolution, the new federal government owned all the public land except that within the 13 original colonies and a few non-original states. The land owned by the government was called The Public Domain. The Land Act of 1785 gave land warrants to the soldiers to fulfill the promise ...

  3. Public land - Wikipedia

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    In Portugal the land owned by the State, by the two autonomous regions (Azores and Madeira) and by the local governments (municipalities (Portuguese: municípios) and freguesias) can be of two types: public domain (Portuguese: domínio público) and private domain (Portuguese: domínio privado).

  4. Public Land Survey System - Wikipedia

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    Public domain (land): Land owned and managed by the Federal government. Synonymous with public lands. National Parks and National Forests are a large part of the public domain land today. The original public domain included the lands that were turned over to the Federal Government by the original thirteen states and areas acquired from the ...

  5. Public lands in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The lure of the land: A social history of the public lands from the Articles of Confederation to the New Deal (U of Nebraska Press, 1970) online; Gates, Paul Wallace. History of public land law development (US Government Printing Office, 1968). online; Hibbard, Benjamin Horace. A history of the public land policies (1924) online; Kammer, Sean.

  6. Public land state - Wikipedia

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    By contrast, a private land state (also called a non-public land state or a state land state) [1] is a U.S. state in which the federal government is not the original land-owner. [2] In public land states, the federal government owns a significant proportion of the state's public lands; in private land states, federal land holdings are generally ...

  7. Homestead Acts - Wikipedia

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    The Lure of the Land: A Social History of the Public Lands from the Articles of Confederation to the New Deal. (1970). Edwards, Richard. (2009) "Changing perceptions of homesteading as a policy of public domain disposal." Great Plains Quarterly 29.3 (2009): 179–202. online; Edwards, Richard. "Invited Essay: The New Learning about Homesteading."

  8. Crown land - Wikipedia

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    Crown land, also known as royal domain, is a territorial area belonging to the monarch, who personifies the Crown. It is the equivalent of an entailed estate and passes with the monarchy, being inseparable from it. Today, in Commonwealth realms, crown land is considered public land and is apart from the monarch's private estate.

  9. Domain - Wikipedia

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    Domaine, a large parcel of land under single ownership, which would historically generate income for its owner. Eminent domain, the right of a government to appropriate another person's property for public use; Private domain / Public domain, places defined under Jewish law where it is either permitted or forbidden to move objects on the ...