or otherwise disposed of'
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From 59 U.S. 126 - Adam Ham v. The State of Missouri · 1855Most cited · 19 citing opinions
Sale, necessarily signifying a legal sale by a competent authority, is a disposition, final and irrevocable, of the land. The phrase 'or otherwise disposed of' must signify some disposition of the property equally efficient, and equally incompatible with any right in the State, present or potential, as deducible from the act of 1820, and the ordinance of the same year.