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In American land law, especially in the western states. A certificate authorizing the entry, by the holder, of a -certain quantity of land not yet specitlcally -selected or located U. S. T. Central Pac. R. Co. (C. C.) 26 Fed. 480; Hays v. Steiger, 76 Gal. 555, 18 Pac. 670; Wisconsin -cent. R. Co. v. Price County, 133 U. S. 496, 10 Sup. Ot. Ml, 33 L. 1M 687. [s. 511]