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.

An instrument, such as a deed or mortgage, by which interest in land is transferred from one individual to another.

All land in a province or territory owned and administered by the provincial or federal government. Such lands have not been alienated. Originally, all crown land in the prairie provinces, as well as [..]

The application or record filed by a homesteader as the first step in acquiring a homestead. The document stated that the applicant had not already filed an entry. It also legally bound the applicant [..]