lands

  • 61lands beneath navigable waters — The beds of navigable rivers. For detailed statement made for the purposes of the Submerged Lands Act, see 43 USC § 1301 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 62lands, tenements, and hereditaments — Inheritable lands or interests therein amounting to freehold estates. Hutchinson v Bramhall, 42 NJ Eq 372, 383, 7 A 873. See freehold …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 63lands — lænd n. country; state; nation; kingdom; estate; countryside; shore, dry land; ground; real estate v. arrive on the ground, alight; set on the ground; bring to shore; drop anchor; climb onto dry ground; exit from a ship; arrive at, end up in (a… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 64lands — This term, the plural of land, is said, at common law, to be a word of less extensive signification than either tenements or hereditaments. But in some of the states it has been provided by statute that it shall include both those terms. See also …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 65lands — This term, the plural of land, is said, at common law, to be a word of less extensive signification than either tenements or hereditaments. But in some of the states it has been provided by statute that it shall include both those terms. See also …

    Black's law dictionary

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  • 67Indian lands — Lands allotted to and in the possession of an Indian tribe. Lands reserved under acts of Congress for occupancy by Indian tribes. United States v Powers, 305 US 527, 83 L Ed 330, 59 S Ct 344. Lands held in trust for Indians by the United States.… …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 68overflowed lands — Lands which are covered by nonnavigable waters or are subject to such periodical or frequent overflows of water, salt or fresh (not including lands between high and low water marks of navigable streams or bodies of water, nor lands covered and… …

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  • 69submerged lands — Lands, particularly privately owned lands, covered by waters. Lands, once lying above water, since submerged. Mulry v Norton, 100 NE 426, 3 NE 581. See lands beneath navigable waters …

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  • 70place lands — Lands granted which were within certain limits on each side of the road, and which became instantly fixed by the adoption of the line of the road. There is a well defined difference between place lands and indemnity lands. See indemnity …

    Black's law dictionary