Vacant
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
Public lands are vacant and open to settlement, and therefore not subject to selection in lieu of relinquished forest reserve lands, only when they are unoccupied by others, are free from other claim of record, and are non-mineral in character; Cosmos Exploration Co. v. Oil Co., 112 Fed. 4, 50