crown land

noun

Meaning

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.

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Related words

crown lease(English)crown estate(English)british crown dependency(English)bona vacantia(English)landhold(English)landholding(English)loanland(English)landownership(English)

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