land office

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noun

a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.

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Origin of land office

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

Words nearby land office

land measure, landmine, Lando, Land of Beulah, Land of Enchantment, land office, land-office business, land of milk and honey, land of Nod, Land of Opportunity, Land of Oz

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How to use land office in a sentence

Matters of surveying and passage of title, however, were still kept under the jurisdiction of the General Land Office.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker
He must also file at the local Land Office notice of the beginning of such intended absence.
Our National Forests|Richard H. Douai Boerker
The resentment of the latter reached its climax when the decision of the land office was rendered in favor of Mr. Lindsley.
Duffels|Edward Eggleston
No attempt was made in the General Land Office to develop a technical forestry service.
The Everett massacre|Walker C. Smith

Yes; a land-office spy, now workin' ag'in the boomers fer the cavalry as intends ter keep us out of Oklahoma.
The Boy Land Boomer|Ralph Bonehill

British Dictionary definitions for land office

land office

noun

US and Canadian an office that administers the sale of public land

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