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public land

noun
|Updated on: 18 Aug 2018

Definition of public land

: land owned by a government; specifically : that part of the U.S. public domain subject to sale or disposal under the homestead laws

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Examples of public land in a Sentence

  1. the management of public lands

  2. The government will auction off 20 parcels of public land.

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First Known Use of public land

1789

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PUBLIC LAND Defined for English Language Learners

public land

noun

Definition of public land for English Language Learners

  • : land that is owned and taken care of by the government

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public land

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legal Definition of public land

: land owned by a government

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