Land Grant

A land grant is a gift of real estate – land or its privileges – made by a government or other authority as a reward for services to an individual, especially in return for military service. Grants of land are also awarded to individuals and companies as incentives to develop unused land in relatively unpopulated countries; the process of awarding land grants are not limited to the countries named below.

Read more about Land Grant:  Ancient Rome, Australia, Canada, Ireland, United States

Famous quotes containing the words land and/or grant:

    “In that land all Is and nothing’s Ought;
    No owners or notices, only birds;”
    —William Robert Rodgers (1909–1969)

    “Therefore I summon age
    To grant youth’s heritage,
    Life’s struggle having so far reached its term:”
    —Robert Browning (1812–1889)