crown land

noun

land belonging to the crown, the revenue of which goes to the reigning sovereign.
Also crownland. one of the administrative divisions of the former empire of Austria-Hungary.

crown land

First recorded in 1615–25

Ga-lish´i-a, crown land of Austria, on the north side of the Carpathians.

In various parts of the Colony blocks of Crown land were taken and divided into allotments of from twenty to fifty acres.

In addition to these Crown Land revenues other sums were voted as required.

Chief among them were the millions of acres of so-called "unalienated" or Crown land in Southern Rhodesia.

True; but when the lot of crown land was put up for sale, it was sure to be purchased and shut up by somebody.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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