Settler
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
A person who, for the purpose of acquiring a pre-emption right has gone upon the land in question, and is actually resident there.
See Peterson v. R. Co., 27 Minn. 222, 6 N. W. 615.
See Lands, Public; Settlement, Deed of.