Land Ordinance may refer to the following acts passed by the Congress of the Confederation of the United States:
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Land Ordinance of 1784
The Ordinance of 1784 (enacted April 23, 1784) called for the land in the recently created United States which was located west of the Appalachian Mountains, north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River to be divided into separate s ...
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Land Ordinance of 1785 The Land Ordinance of 1785 was adopted by the United States Congress of the Confederation on May 20, 1785. It set up a standardized system whereby settlers could purchase title to farmland in the undeveloped west. Congress at the time did not have ...
* Land Ordinance of 1787, commonly known as the
Northwest Ordinance
The Northwest Ordinance (formally An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio and also known as the Ordinance of 1787), enacted July 13, 1787, was an organic act of the Congress of the Co ...
, that created the Northwest Territory
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Ordinance (disambiguation)
Ordinance may refer to:
Law
* Ordinance (Belgium), a law adopted by the Brussels Parliament or the Common Community Commission
* Ordinance (India), a temporary law promulgated by the President of India on recommendation of the Union Cabinet
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Land Reform Ordinance (disambiguation) Land Reform Ordinance may refer to:
* Kerala State, India, a 1957 proposed act, and a number of subsequent acts in Land reform in Kerala
* Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003,
* Zimbabwe's 1992 Land Acquisition Act, Land reform in Zimbabwe#Compulsory ...
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