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concession Abbrev. Con. [< Cdn F < F "a grant of land"]

• 1 n. in earliest use in French Canada, one of the ranged lots into which a seigneury was divided, these being held by tenants under feudal custom.

  See also: range ((n.)) (def. 2a)  

  • 1764  The said Seigneurie [is] capable of containing upwards of 500 Plantations in more than 3 Concessions Depth on each Side the River. . . .
  • 1911  The apple culture a few miles inland is comparable to the best of the Annapolis valley; and the orchards of our Acadians of these Concessions recall the most flourishing to be found in Normandy

• 2 n. in Upper Canada and post-seigneural Lower Canada, one of the ranges (def. 2b) of thirty-two 200-acre lots into which each new township was subdivided.

  See also: range ((n.)) (def. 2b)  

  • Although this term is largely confined to Ontario and Quebec, it occurs in related senses in other provinces and it had some early use in the West.

  • 1790  (1905)  The Concessions were to run parallel to each other, the Ranges to contain a certain number of Lots of 200 Acres each, the front of every Lot to run parallel to the front of the Township.
  • 1846  Property, in Canada, is divided by what is called concessions, which means a range of land that extends from east to west, through the whole length of a township. The first range from the south is called the first concession; that behind, the second, and so on.
  • 1965  This growth is reasonably rare in Frontenac County . . . appearing only in the first, second and third concessions.

• 3 n. a road built on the road allowance between concessions, following the concession line and connected to other concession roads by side roads, the distance separating each being, as a rule, 1 1/4 miles.

  See also: concession road  

  • 1842  What is the number and Concession, (or street) of the Lot on which the house you inhabit stands?
  • 1932  Now, it is some brave lady with a car who takes all chances of a flat tire on a remote concession, or a broken axle. . . .
  • 1963  The areas, locations and fish are . . . Heart Lake, five miles north of No. 7 Highway on Second Concession, east of Brampton, rainbow trout.