A homestead abandoned by the original applicant before improvements were met. Since Letters Patent would not have been issued, the homestead transferred back to the Crown. In such cases, the homestead [..]

A unit of measure equal to 4,840 square yards or 43,560 square feet. There are 2.47 acres to 1 hectare.

In legal terms, an affidavit is a declaration of fact, made voluntarily, under oath or affirmation, and taken before a person having legal authority.9

The transfer of property from one party to another. The term is usually applied to transfers by the Crown rather than individuals.

In law an assignment generally refers to the transfer of an interest in a lease, permit, license of occupation or other instrument, by writing. The assignee then stands in the place of the assign or. [..]

The act of terminating a homestead entry because of the failure of the purchaser to meet the conditions of sale (i.e. the improvements) in the required time frame. If a homestead entry was canceled, t [..]

A copy signed and certified as true by the official (or his/her representative) to whose custody the original is entrusted

A instrument used by surveyors to measure horizontal distances. A surveyor's chain is the equivalent to 66 feet and is made up of 100 links. There are 80 chains to a mile.

Under the original Dominion Lands Act

A large tract of land withdrawn from sale or settlement.14