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1an.
a parcel of government land applied for and granted for purposes of settlement.
Quotations
1789
But the said certificate shall nevertheless have no effect if the petitioner shall not enter upon the location and begin the improvement and cultivation thereof within one year from the date of such assignment.
1849
. . . a short run across the Atlantic brings the emigrant, at once, to his "location" without ruinous expense.
1959
Now the house building began. They had planned it carefully, and Henry had already dug the hole in the centre of the location to serve as a root cellar.
1bn. — Obs.
the legal grant to such land.
Quotations
1789
I have not as yet been able to keep my Book of Locations one week without three or four alterations, which arise from the above recited reasons.
1801
If they cannot show good cause why further time should be given to them, their Locations will be rescinded, and the Lots thrown open.
2n. — Obs.
the process of settling persons on government land.
See: locate(def. 1)
Quotations
1791
The Location of the District hitherto has, perhaps, been retarded by a rigid adherence to the Rules and Regulations for the Board's Guidance, and it is mortifying to foster the idea of deviating from them.
1816
A new township in the rear of Darlington, in the district of Newcastle, has been surveyed and is now open for the location of U.E. Loyalists and military claimants.
1833
The mode of location is this:-- I go to the Government office, and upon showing my title, put down the name of my loyalist upon any unoccupied lot I please.
3†
a site, especially with regard to its surroundings.
Quotations
1835
So what with Marm Lecain's corsets in the house, and other folks waistcoats in the Street, its too nice a location for me, I guess, so I shall up killock and off. . . .
1957
Crews working from both sides of the river are pushing as quickly as possible to complete the 500-foot temporary span in the same location as the one taken out by grinding ice last week.
4†
the surveying and establishing of a route for a railway.
See: locate(def. 6)
Quotations
1880
True, there was far more work involved than was at first anticipated, in the location of the line.
1961
During break-up canoes were carved . . . for further travel . . . until location was completed and the party assigned to construction. . . .
5† — Mining
a claim, or block of claims, staked and registered.
Quotations
1883
Work has commenced on the Pine Portage location known as "The Whale."
1963
After scouring the whole Cobalt area for some time in search of an attractive reactivation program to help finance, I've settled for the oldest and largest of the Hitchcock properties--a 43-claim spread on one location. . . .