DCHP-3

free grant

Hist.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a grant of land given gratis to a settler on condition that he settle and improve the land in a set time.

Quotations

1856
The Agents on the "Free Grants" roads report, that the settlers are prosperous and well satisfied with their locations. . . .
1926
Script, or official writing entitling the holder to locate land in free grant sections, was given to the half-breeds descended from the Indians, in the years 1899 and 1900.