parcel of land retained by the former owner

piece of land

piece of land [ tract of land ]

Take Notice that the Soldier Settlement Board of Canada, pursuant to power provided in and by Part III, the Soldier Settlement Act, has compulsorily purchased the above described parcel (or parcels) of land, that said Board is willing to pay therefore the sum of .dollars, and that by publication of this notice and by force of said Act the said described land is now vested in said Board as for an estate of fee simple in possession (or, in the province of Quebec “in said Board as absolute owner”) freed and discharged from all other estates and from all encumbrances, liens, claims and interests whatever and as effectually as if it had been ...[+++]conveyed to the Board by deed or conveyance of all persons entitled to any interest therein, but that if the owner or other persons interested in said described land are not willing to accept as payment for his or their respective interests in or claims against said described land in full of their interests and claims the amount of compensation money mentioned in this notice, other compensation to be ascertained as provided in said Part III of said Act, will be paid by said Board.

(b) The parcels of land bearing numbers 96, 97, 98, 99 and 66 of the subdivision of cadastral lot number 4437 of Montcalm ward of the city of Quebec, including all or any dwelling houses, the tower commonly known as “Martello Tower number two”, or other buildings of any kind erected on these parcels of land:

38. Gazetting as in section thirty-six and thirty-seven of this Act provided shall constitute notice to every person proposing to deal with or acquire any estate or interest in or any charge upon any land within a settlement area that the land is subject to the provisions of this Act, and shall put such person upon inquiry as to the proceedings which may have been taken by the Board, and all subsequent registrations in respect to any parcel of land which is in whole or in part included within such settlement area shall be subject to the rights, options, and privileges of the Board, and the person claiming under any such registration shal ...[+++]l take the land subject to all charges and liabilities which have been imposed and to which it may be liable to be subjected under this Act.

Within Nisga'a lands, if we buy a parcel of a fee simple land from someone else—and for your information, some of our corporations own fee simple lands that are registered under the crown today—and we want to convert them into Nisga'a lands, we can.