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A mining claim is the claim of the right to extract minerals from a tract of public land. In the United States, the practice began with the California gold rush of 1849. In the absence of organized government, the miners in each new mining camp made up their own rules, and to a large extent adopted Mexican mining law.
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So, in 1891, 42 years after the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, the U.S. Congress created the Court of Private Land Claims consisting of five justices appointed for a term to expire on December 31, 1895. The court itself was to exist only during this period, although its existence and the terms of the justices were from time to time extended until ...
The Yukon Land Claims refer to the process of negotiating and settling Indigenous land claim agreements in Yukon, Canada between First Nations and the federal government. Based on historic occupancy and use , the First Nations claim basic rights to all the lands.
Land court or land claims court is a type of court which is charged with dealings over cases involving land titles and for disputes between landlords and tenants relating to agricultural tenancies. The exact field of jurisdiction varies by country.
The Indian Claims Commission (ICC) was a judicial relations arbiter between the United States federal government and Native American tribes.It was established under the Indian Claims Act of 1946 by the United States Congress to hear any longstanding claims of Indian tribes against the United States. [1]
Land law is the form of law that deals with the rights to use, alienate, or exclude others from land.In many jurisdictions, these kinds of property are referred to as real estate or real property, as distinct from personal property.
Native land claims pending as of December 18, 1971, are officially approved. Existing timber contracts are to be filled with timber from other national forest lands. If private land is surrounded by conservation system units "adequate and feasible" access must be guaranteed.