In U.S. land history, there are at least three land ordinances of note:
- Land Ordinance of 1784
- Land Ordinance of 1785
- Land Ordinance of 1796
Famous quotes containing the words land and/or ordinance:
“You shall have only a full and honest weight; you shall have only a full and honest measure, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Deuteronomy 25:15.
“Wilt thou have this Woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after Gods ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?”
—Book Of Common Prayer, The. Solemnization of Matrimony, Betrothal, (1662)
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