Tract+of+land

  • 51Land turtle — Land Land, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ] 1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a… …

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  • 52Land warrant — Land Land, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ] 1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a… …

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  • 53Land wind — Land Land, n. [AS. land, lond; akin to D., G., Icel., Sw., Dan., and Goth. land. ] 1. The solid part of the surface of the earth; opposed to water as constituting a part of such surface, especially to oceans and seas; as, to sight land after a… …

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  • 54tract home — ˈtract house f1 [tract house] (also ˈtract home) noun (NAmE) …

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  • 55Land claim — Land claims are a legal declaration of desired control over areas of property including bodies of water. The phrase is usually only used with respect to disputed or unresolved land claims. Some types of land claims include aboriginal land claims …

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  • 56tract — Ⅰ. tract [1] ► NOUN 1) a large area of land. 2) a major passage in the body or other continuous elongated anatomical structure. ORIGIN Latin tractus drawing, draught , from trahere draw, pull . Ⅱ. tract [2] …

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  • 57tract — tract1 [trakt] n. [L tractus, a drawing out, extent < pp. of trahere, to DRAW] 1. Archaic a) duration or lapse of time b) a period of time 2. a continuous expanse of land or of water, mineral deposit, etc.; stretch; extent; area ☆ 3 …

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  • 58Land of Genezareth —     Land of Genezareth     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Land of Genezareth     By this name is designated in Mark, vi, 53, a district of Palestine bordering on the Sea of Galilee, and which in the parallel passage of Matthew (xiv, 34) is called the… …

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  • 59land — [n] earth’s surface; ownable property acreage, acres, area, beach, continent, country, countryside, dirt, district, earth, estate, expanse, extent, farming, farmland, field, ground, grounds, holding, home, homeland, loam, mainland, manor, nation …

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  • 60tract index — n. An index usually kept in the county recorder s office and listing each parcel of land according to its location, along with all transactions involving it. See also abstract of title, chain of title. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan… …

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