LANDPATENT
Land patent
A land patent is an exclusive land grant made by a sovereign entity over the land in question. To make such a grant “patent”, a sovereign must document the land grant, securely sign and seal the document, and openly publish the documents for the public to see. An official land patent is the highest evidence of right, title, and interest to a specifically defined tract of land; usually granted by a central, federal, or state government to an individual or private company.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Land patent
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