land grant
noun
: a grant of land made by the government especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges
Examples of land grant in a Sentence
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The Daley Ranch traced its roots back to the original Mexican land grant made in 1842.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
As part of the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant, a Mexican land grant to help establish efforts to settle the northernmost regions, Costilla County is home to the oldest permanent settlements in Colorado.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
What about the productivity of U.S. agriculture without the state and federally-funded land grant colleges, experiment stations and ag extension service?
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
Marquez’s byzantine effort to preserve the family cemetery, closely covered by The Times, centered on property within the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, a land grant given to Francisco Marquez and Ysidro Reyes in 1839.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Pam Doiron lives in the western part of the valley on a cattle ranch called the Spanish Ranch, which was once part of a Mexican land grant dating to 1843.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
History: Rancho Peñasquitos is part of San Diego’s first Mexican land grant, a gift in 1823 to Francisco Maria Ruiz, military commander of San Diego.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
History: The 9,000-acre Mexican Rancho Jamul land grant of 1829, like many others, was bogged down in disputed land claims that weren’t resolved until 1891.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
In 1906, the Santa Fe Land Improvement Co., an arm of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, bought all the lands that made up the original San Dieguito land grant and planted millions of eucalyptus trees to be used for railroad ties.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
As part of the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant, a Mexican land grant to help establish efforts to settle the northernmost regions, Costilla County is home to the oldest permanent settlements in Colorado.
—Jonathan Shikes, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2024
What about the productivity of U.S. agriculture without the state and federally-funded land grant colleges, experiment stations and ag extension service?
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2024
Marquez’s byzantine effort to preserve the family cemetery, closely covered by The Times, centered on property within the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica, a land grant given to Francisco Marquez and Ysidro Reyes in 1839.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
Pam Doiron lives in the western part of the valley on a cattle ranch called the Spanish Ranch, which was once part of a Mexican land grant dating to 1843.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
History: Rancho Peñasquitos is part of San Diego’s first Mexican land grant, a gift in 1823 to Francisco Maria Ruiz, military commander of San Diego.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
History: The 9,000-acre Mexican Rancho Jamul land grant of 1829, like many others, was bogged down in disputed land claims that weren’t resolved until 1891.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2023
In 1906, the Santa Fe Land Improvement Co., an arm of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, bought all the lands that made up the original San Dieguito land grant and planted millions of eucalyptus trees to be used for railroad ties.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1862, in the meaning defined above
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“Land grant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/land%20grant. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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