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half-breed scrip Hist. 
a certificate issued following the Northwest Rebellions to Metis as compensation for lost lands and entitling the bearer to 240 acres.
See also: land-scrip (def. 2) Northwest Rebellion old settlers' scrip
- 1878 (1963) Your petitioners would humbly represent that their rights to a participation in the issue of the half-breed or old settlers' scrip are as valid and binding as those of the half-breed and old settlers of Manitoba. . . .
- 1945 . . . up from the Bank came much business, especially land business, especially that concerning the settlement of deeds for half-breed script [sic], sold by their owners during the boom of the previous years.
- 1878 (1963) Your petitioners would humbly represent that their rights to a participation in the issue of the half-breed or old settlers' scrip are as valid and binding as those of the half-breed and old settlers of Manitoba. . . .