withdrawal
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, U.S. Code
Definitions from Case Law
From 188 U.S. 108 - Nelson v. Northern Pacific Railway Co. · 1903Most cited · 109 citing opinions
and order issued by the President, Secretary of the Interior, Commissioner of the General Land Office, or other proper officer, whereby public lands are withheld from sale and entry under the general land laws, in order that presently or ultimately they may be applied to some designated public use, or disposed of in some special way.
United States Code
43 U.S.C. § 1702 — in this section (2 versions over time)
The term “withdrawal” means withholding an area of Federal land from settlement, sale, location, or entry, under some or all of the general land laws, for the purpose of limiting activities under those laws in order to maintain other public values in the area or reserving the area for a particular public purpose or program; or transferring jurisdiction over an area of Federal land, other than “property” governed by the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act, as amended (40 U.S.C. 472) 1 from one department, bureau or agency to another department, bureau or agency.