land grant
C14543
concept
A land grant is a legal conveyance by which a government or authority transfers ownership or usage rights of a specific parcel of land to an individual, organization, or institution, often for settlement, development, or public purposes.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| land grant canonical | 3 |
| colonial land grant | 2 |
| colonial-era land grant | 2 |
| Mexican land grant leasehold | 1 |
| Spanish land grant | 1 |
| early 17th-century English land grant | 1 |
| historic land grant | 1 |
| historical land tenure | 1 |
| land grant law | 1 |
| land-grant act | 1 |
| proprietary grant | 1 |
| tribal allotment | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: land grant
Generated description
A land grant is a legal conveyance by which a government or authority transfers ownership or usage rights of a specific parcel of land to an individual, organization, or institution, often for settlement, development, or public purposes.
Instances (14)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Plymouth Council for New England land grants in the Connecticut River area | colonial land grant |
| Fairfax Grant | colonial-era land grant |
| Morrill Act of 1862 | land-grant act |
| Haldimand Proclamation | colonial land grant |
| Sangre de Cristo Land Grant | historic land grant |
| Act regulating the grants of land appropriated for military services (1796) | land grant law |
| Beverley Manor area | colonial-era land grant |
| Land of Zebulun | tribal allotment |
| Rancho Laguna de los Palos Colorados | historical land tenure |
| Grand River territory | — |
|
Firelands region of Ohio
surface form:
Firelands
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— |
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Philipse
surface form:
Philipse Patent
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— |
| Rancho San Pedro | Spanish land grant |
| Rancho Ex-Mission San Fernando (lease/interest) | Mexican land grant leasehold |