"land patent" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: land patents [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} land patent (plural land patents)
  1. (US, Canada) An exclusive grant of land made by a sovereign entity with respect to a particular tract of land. Wikipedia link: land patent Tags: Canada, US
    Sense id: en-land_patent-en-noun-6dI7pbNG Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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