Land Act
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Land Act is a stock short title
used for legislation
South Africa
United Kingdom
United States
Short title
The short title is the formal name by which a piece of primary legislation may by law be cited in the United Kingdom and other Westminster-influenced jurisdictions , as well as the United States. It contrasts with the long title which, while usually being more fully descriptive of the...
used for legislation
Legislation
Legislation is law which has been promulgated by a legislature or other governing body, or the process of making it...
South Africa
- Natives' Land Act (1913)
United Kingdom
- Irish Land ActsIrish Land ActsThe Land Acts were a series of measures to deal with the question of peasant proprietorship of land in Ireland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Five such acts were introduced by the government of the United Kingdom between 1870 and 1909...
- Settled Land ActsSettled land actsThe Settled Land Acts were a series of English land law enactments concerning the limits of creating a "settlement". A settlement is a conveyancing device used by a property owner who wants to ensure that future generations of his family are provided for....
- Land Registration Act 2002Land Registration Act 2002The Land Registration Act 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which repealed and replaced previous legislation governing land registration, in particular the Land Registration Act 1925, which governed an earlier, though similar, system...
United States
- Harrison Land Act (1800)
- Land Act of 1804Land Act of 1804The Land Act of 1804 was U.S. legislation that refined provisions for the purchase of U.S. public land north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi river. At the time, the region was divided into the Indiana Territory and the State of Ohio. The goal of the change was to make migration to the...
- Land Act of 1820Land Act of 1820The Land Act of 1820 is a United States federal law that eliminated the purchase of public land in the United States on credit. It also reduced the minimum size of the tract from 160 to 80 acres . Additionally, the act required a down payment of $100 and reduced the price from $1.65 to $1.25 per...