public lands
41Public credit — Credit Cred it (kr[e^]d [i^]t), n. [F. cr[ e]dit (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See {Creed}.] 1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust;… …
42public trust doctrine — Provides that submerged and submersible lands are preserved for public use in navigation, fishing and recreation and state, as trustee for the people, bears responsibility of preserving and protecting the right of the public to the use of the… …
43Public holidays of the United States — Strictly speaking, the United States does not have national holidays (i.e. days where all employees in the U.S. receive a day free from work and all business is halted). The U.S. Federal government can only recognize national holidays that… …
44public land — state lands, land belonging to a national government …
45Lands' Clauses Act — An English statute passed in 1845, governing proceedings for the condemnation of private property for public use …
46Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 — Full title An act to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.… …
47Dominion Lands Act — The Dominion Lands Act (short for An Act Respecting the Public Lands of the Dominion) was an 1872 Canadian law that aimed to encourage the settlement of Canada s Prairie provinces. It was closely based on the United States Homestead Act, setting… …
48Oregon Department of State Lands — The Department of State Lands (DSL), one of the oldest agencies of government of the U.S. state of Oregon, is principally responsible for the management of lands under state ownership, as its name implies. Unlike most other department level state …
49Unassigned Lands — Unassigned Lands, or Oklahoma, were in the center of the lands ceded to the United States by the Creek (Muskogee) and Seminole Indians following the Civil War and on which no other tribes had been settled. By 1883 it was bounded by the Cherokee… …
50Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands — The Hong Kong Secretary for Housing, Planning and Lands (zh t|t=房屋及規劃地政局局長) is the head of the Housing, Planning and Lands Bureau, which is responsible for urban planning policy, public housing and the management and selling of public lands.The… …
