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Crown land

noun

Definitions

  1. In Britain and some Commonwealth countries, land that is owned by the state, nominally…

    In Britain and some Commonwealth countries, land that is owned by the state, nominally titled to the reigning King or Queen of England, and whose use and disposition is controlled by a government within that Commonwealth country or by an official representative of the monarch.

    • Aboriginal groups could apply to jointly manage all Crown land under the most radical overhaul of native title settlement proposed in Victoria.
    • The Crown Estate confirmed today they would allow shooters taking part in one of two pilot culls to access Crown land in west Somerset. . . . The Crown Estate manages the Queen’s property portfolio but revenues go to the Treasury.
    • LINZ administers three million hectares of Crown land or eight percent of New Zealand's land area.

  2. Alternative form of Crown land.

  3. Alternative form of crownland.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA