Land deed — Social Studies definition
A written instrument recording a claimed transfer or arrangement of land rights.
Where it is taught
- New Netherland, New York & Contested Land — Colonial Worlds & New York, U.S. & New York History: Indigenous Nations to Reconstruction, Grade 7
Questions using land deed
Problem 1
What does a land deed not prove by its existence alone?
Answer and explanation
It does not establish identical understandings, freedom from pressure, consent of every affected person, or uncontested later authority.