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patent † 
1 n. the right or title to a piece of land received as a grant or as a homestead (def. 2a).
See also: homestead ((n.)) patented land
- 1765 For the Great Seal to every Patent for vacant and unappropriated Land, not exceeding One Hundred Acres, Twelve Shillings. The Governor's Fees.
- 1883 I Know men in Price Albert who've grown quite gray, On their farms--but their patents are coming some day, When they've gone where there ain't any farming.
- 1912 (1914) If the homesteader has arrears of taxes against him he cannot get his patent, even though he has fulfilled the other conditions.
- 1966 . . . the Company had been unable to conform to the conditions as set out in the Order-in-Council dated March 2, 1885, and thus had not been able to acquire the patents for the land.
2 n. land whose title was conferred by grant.
See also: patented land
- 1798 I have seized and taken in execution . . . A Lot of land, consisting of two hundred superficial acres, being Lot No. 10, in the first concession of the Seigniory of Saint Armand, commonly called Dunn's Patent.
- 1765 For the Great Seal to every Patent for vacant and unappropriated Land, not exceeding One Hundred Acres, Twelve Shillings. The Governor's Fees.