Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
public lands — plural noun Lands belonging to a government, esp such as are open to sale, grant, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑public * * * public lands, all of the territory or land belonging to a national government, especially land that is open to sale, grant, or… … Useful english dictionary
public lands — UK US noun [plural] PROPERTY, GOVERNMENT ► PUBLIC LAND(Cf. ↑public land) … Financial and business terms
public lands — The general public domain; unappropriated lands; lands belonging to the United States and which are subject to sale or other disposal under general laws, and not reserved or held back for any special governmental or public purpose. Newhall v.… … Black's law dictionary
National Public Lands Day — Volunteers at Stones River National Battlefield Observed by Public lands at the federal, state, regional and local level within the United States, the District of Columbia and territories of the United States … Wikipedia
Theodore Roosevelt: The Conservation of Public Lands — ▪ Primary Source President Roosevelt was a conservationist by nature. An enthusiastic outdoorsman, he also recognized that the industrial transformation of the United States since the Civil War had made coal, timber, and other natural… … Universalium
United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests — Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests is one of four subcommittees of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.JurisdictionThis subcommittee s jurisdiction includes oversight and legislative… … Wikipedia
Committee on Public Lands — The Committee on Public Lands may refer to predecessors of current committees in the two houses of the United State Congress: United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, formerly known as the Senate Committee on Public Lands… … Wikipedia
Commissioner of Public Lands — may refer to Patrick H. Lyons – New Mexico State Land Commissioner Peter J. Goldmark – Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title. If an … Wikipedia
United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands — The United States House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands is one of the five subcommittees within the House Natural Resources CommitteeMembers, 110th CongressExternal links*… … Wikipedia
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility — (PEER) is a 501(c)(3) non profit, environmental protection organization that serves as a resource to potential government whistleblowers, allowing them to anonymously expose environmental wrongdoings thereby avoiding agency retaliation. Founded… … Wikipedia
