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land office

–noun
a government office for the transaction of business relating to public lands.

Origin:
1675–85, Americanism
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land office  
n.  A government office that handles and keeps records of the sale or transfer of public land.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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