grant in praesenti
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Definitions from Case Law
From 270 U.S. 181 - United States v. State of Minnesota · 1926Most cited · 179 citing opinions
the grant was in praesenti in the sense that the state became immediately invested with an inchoate title which would become perfect, as of the date of the act, when the land was identified and the patent issued