float
Defined in 8 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)
Definitions from Case Law
From 76 U.S. 89 - Railroad Company v. Fremont County · 1869Most cited · 22 citing opinions
The grant was in the nature of a float until this line was permanently fixed.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A certificate authorizing the party possessing it to enter a certain amount of land. 20 How. (U. S.) 504. See 2 Washb. Real Prop.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A certificate authorizing the party possessing it to enter a certain amount of public land. Marks v. Dickson, 20 How. (U. S.) 604, 15 L. Ed. 1002. A' Mexican grant of quantity, as of a certain number of leagues of land lying within a larger tract, whose boundaries are given, is a float, subject to location within the tract by the government before it can attach to any specific lands; Carr v. Quigley, 149 U. S. 652, 13 Sup. Ct. 961, 37 L. Ed. 885; U. S. V. Mc Laughlin, 127 U. S. 428, 8 Sup. Ct 1177, 32 L. Ed. 213.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In American law. A certificate authorizing the entry of public land.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In American land law, espe- L cially in the western states. A certificate authorizing the entry, by the holder, of a certain quantity of land. 20 How. 501, 504.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
am. A certificate authorizing the i Flotsam. Goods floating on the water, lost V^am: goods thrown from the ship. ^Buoyed.