HyperDic: land_grant

English > 1 sense of the expression *land grant*:
NOUN	possession	land grant	a grant of public land (as to a railway or college)

English > *land grant*: 1 sense > noun 1, possession
Meaning	A grant of public land (as to a railway or college).
Broader	grant, assignment	(law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance