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Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
This term embraces all lands, the title to which is in the United States, including as well land occupied for the purposes of federal buildings, arsenals, dock-yards, etc., as land of an agricultural or mineral character not yet granted to private owners.
Barker v. Harvey, 181 U. 'S. 481, 21 Sup. Ct. 690, 45 I Ed. 963 ; Day Land & Cattle Co. v. State, 68 Tex. 526, 4 S. W. 865.