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A land grant is a gift of real estate - land or privileges - made by a government or other authority as a reward for services to an individual, especially as rewards for military service. Grants of land are also awarded to individuals and companies as incentives to develop unused land in relatively unpopulated countries.

The process of awarding land grants are not limited to the countries named below, and has been used in most countries around the world.

Ancient Rome

Roman soldiers were given rewards at the end of their service including cash or land (praemia). Augustus fixed the amount in AD 5 at 3000 denarii and by the time of Caracalla it had risen to 5000 denarii. [1]

Australia

Starting from 1788, the British crown granted land to released convicts in the colony of New South Wales.[2]

Males were allowed 30 acres, plus 20 acres if they were married, and 10 additional acres per child. Instructions were issued on 20 August 1789 that non-commissioned Marine Officers were to be entitled to 100 additional acres and privates to 50 additional acres.

Governor Macquarie canceled land grants issued during the Rum Rebellion 1808-09, although some were later renewed.

Land grants started to be phased out when private tendering was introduced, and stricter limits shimmy were placed on grants without purchase. The instructions to Governor Brisbane were issued on 17 July 1825. Eventually, on 9 January 1831, Viscount Goderich commanded that all land was to be sold at public auction.

There were also significant land grants in the Swan River Colony, and in Van Diemen's Land from 1803.

Colonial America

In the New World, starting in the 16th century, land grants were given for the purpose of establishing settlements, missions, and farms.

Under colonial law, a patentee had to improve the land. Under this doctrine of planting and seating, the patentee "was required to cultivate an acre of land and build a small house on the property, otherwise the patent would revert to the government."[3][4]

United States

Starting with the American Revolutionary War, United States veterans often received land grants in lieu of other remuneration.

Between 1783 and 1821, Spain offered land grants to anyone who settled in their colony of Florida. When that colony was transferred to the United States, the resulting treaty agreed to honor all valid land grants. As a result, years of litigation ensued over the validity of many of the Spanish Land Grants.

During the 19th century, four out of the five transcontinental railroads in the United States were built using land grant incentives, as was the Canadian Pacific Railway.

After the Mexican–American War there was litigation for over 150 years concerning the validity of the Spanish and Mexican land grants in the U.S. Southwest.[5]

Regarding academia, the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 gave nearly 100 United States colleges and universities large areas of public land, much of which in turn was sold by the institutions with the proceeds placed into endowment funds that provide them financial support in creating and sustaining agricultural and mechanical academic programs.

Notes

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ State Records NSW, citing Historical Records of Australia 1.1.14, 1.1.124-8, 1.7.268, 1.12.107-125, 1.16.22.
3. ^ Roots web
4. ^ Squirrel-jumper web site
5. ^ U.S. General Accounting Office report on the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, June 2004

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Property law
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Acquisition of property
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Lost, mislaid, and abandoned property
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Reward may refer to:
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Lachlan Macquarie CB (31 January, 1762[1] – 1 July, 1824), British military officer and colonial administrator, served as Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821 and had a leading role in the social, economic and architectural development of that colony.
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Rum Rebellion, also known as the Rum Puncheon Rebellion, of 1808 was the only successful armed takeover of government in Australia's recorded history. The Governor of New South Wales, William Bligh, was deposed by the New South Wales Corps under the command of Major George
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Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, 1st Baronet, GCH, GCB (July 23, 1773 – January 27, 1860), soldier, colonial Governor and astronomer, was born at Largs in Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of Sir Thomas Brisbane and Dame Eleanora Brisbane.
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land grants to settlers. Under the conditions stipulated by the Colonial Office, settlers would be granted land in proportion to the value of assets and labour that they brought to the colony.
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Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to explore Tasmania.
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farm is an area of land devoted to the production and management of food, either produce or livestock. It is the basic unit in agricultural production.[1] Farms may be owned and operated by a single individual, family, or community, or by a corporation or company.
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Canadian Pacific Railway

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Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges.

The Morrill Act was first proposed by Representative Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont, in 1857, and was passed by Congress, in 1859, but it was vetoed by President James
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Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges.

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