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Sitio ganado mayor

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

(Spanish and Mexican) A section or township in the surveys of the U. S. See 3 Ariz. 100, 21 Pac. 177.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Sp. In Spanish and Mexican land law, a tract of land in the form of a square, cach side of which measures 5,000 varas; the distance from the center of cach sitlo to each of its sides should be measured directly to the cardinal points of the compass, and should be 2,500 varas. U. S. v. Cameron, 3 Artz. 100, 21 Pae, 177.