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crown land

noun

  1. land belonging to the crown, the revenue of which goes to the reigning sovereign.
  2. Also crownland. one of the administrative divisions of the former empire of Austria-Hungary.


crown land

noun

  1. (in the United Kingdom) land belonging to the Crown
  2. public land in some dominions of the Commonwealth
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of crown land1

First recorded in 1615–25
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Example Sentences

Ga-lish´i-a, crown land of Austria, on the north side of the Carpathians.

In various parts of the Colony blocks of Crown land were taken and divided into allotments of from twenty to fifty acres.

In addition to these Crown Land revenues other sums were voted as required.

Chief among them were the millions of acres of so-called "unalienated" or Crown land in Southern Rhodesia.

True; but when the lot of crown land was put up for sale, it was sure to be purchased and shut up by somebody.

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