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quarter-section†
Esp. West
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
one quarter of a surveyed section of land, that is, 160 acres, the area of the usual homestead grant in the West.
See: quarter(def. 2)
Quotations
1842
Many years ago the whole province was laid out in sections, and quarter sections, dividing the whole country like a "damboard."
1880
Any person who is the head of a family, or who has attained the age of eighteen years, is entitled to be entered on these unappropriated lands for a homestead of a quarter-section.
1958
The quarter section was surrounded by a fence eight poles high with stakes held together by willow wands. . . .