land settlement

  • 1land settlement — The settlement of public lands by homesteaders. A settlement upon public lands under a project primarily for the benefit of veterans. 56 Am J1st Vet & V A § 14. The closing of the transaction comprehended by a land contract by payment of… …

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  • 2land settlement — agreement regarding ownership of holding of land …

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  • 3land settlement — noun India : the act of arranging the terms and incidence of the land tax in specific areas …

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  • 4Land and Property Laws in Israel — refers to the legal framework governing land and property issues in Israel. Following its establishment, Israel designed a system of law that legitimized both a continuation and a consolidation of the nationalisation of land and property, a… …

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  • 5land tenure —    Land tenure is a crucial factor in the operation of rural land markets, influencing the pace and direction of agricultural development. Since land tenure systems govern access to the means of production in agriculture, they have also been an… …

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  • 6Land reform — Land reforms (also agrarian reform, though that can have a broader meaning) is an often controversial alteration in the societal arrangements whereby government administers possession and use of land. Land reform may consist of a government… …

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  • 7Land Grabbing — ist ein aus dem Englischen stammender Begriff für die Aneignung von Land für zweifelhafte Zwecke oder mit zweifelhaften (illegalen) Mitteln. Land Grabing kann durch Inländer oder Ausländer, durch Kleinbauern oder Großkonzerne, durch… …

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  • 8land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …

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  • 9Land clearing in Australia — largely coincides with areas of high population density, and large tracts of Banksia woodland are cleared for urban expansion every year. [cite journal last = Lamont first = Byron B. authorlink = coauthors = Enright, Neal J.; Witkowski, E. T. F.; …

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  • 10settlement — set·tle·ment n 1: the act or process of settling 2 a: an agreement reducing or resolving differences; esp: an agreement between litigants that concludes the litigation the states finally agreed upon a settlement and a consent decree W. J. Brennan …

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