land office

noun

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

land office

noun

1. an office that administers the sale of public land

Word History and Origins

Origin of land office¹

An Americanism dating back to 1675–85

Example Sentences

Matters of surveying and passage of title, however, were still kept under the jurisdiction of the General Land Office.

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He must also file at the local Land Office notice of the beginning of such intended absence.

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The resentment of the latter reached its climax when the decision of the land office was rendered in favor of Mr. Lindsley.

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No attempt was made in the General Land Office to develop a technical forestry service.

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Yes; a land-office spy, now workin' ag'in the boomers fer the cavalry as intends ter keep us out of Oklahoma.

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