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Tree That Owns Itself

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The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that has, according to legend, legal ownership of itself and of all land within of its base. [1]

39 relations: Acorn, Agriculture, American Revolution, Architecture, Athens, Georgia, Clarke County, Georgia, Cobblestone, Colonel, Common law, Consolidated city-county, Deed, Dominie, Double-barreled cannon, Erosion, First-person narrative, Folklore, George Foster Peabody, Google Books, Granite, Horticulture, Jabez Young Jackson, James Jackson (congressman), James Jackson (Georgia politician), Jefferson County, Georgia, List of Governors of Georgia, List of individual trees, Mayor, National Register of Historic Places, Paraphrase, Plant rights, Plat, Presbyterianism, Quercus alba, Right-of-way (transportation), Ripley's Believe It or Not!, Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state), United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, University of Georgia.

Acorn

The acorn, or oak nut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera Quercus and Lithocarpus, in the family Fagaceae).

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Agriculture

Agriculture is the cultivation of land and breeding of animals and plants to provide food, fiber, medicinal plants and other products to sustain and enhance life.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783.

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Architecture

Architecture is both the process and the product of planning, designing, and constructing buildings or any other structures.

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Athens, Georgia

Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city–county and American college town in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Clarke County, Georgia

Clarke County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Cobblestone

Cobblestone is a natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings.

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Colonel

Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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Consolidated city-county

In United States local government, a consolidated city-county is a city and county that have been merged into one unified jurisdiction.

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Deed

A deed (anciently "an evidence") is any legal instrument in writing which passes, affirms or confirms an interest, right, or property and that is signed, attested, delivered, and in some jurisdictions, sealed.

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Dominie

Dominie (Wiktionary definition) is a Scots language and Scottish English term for a Scottish schoolmaster usually of the Church of Scotland and also a term used in the US for a minister or pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church.

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Double-barreled cannon

The double-barreled cannon is an American Civil War-era experimental weapon and is now a modern landmark located in Athens, Georgia.

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Erosion

In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).

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First-person narrative

A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling in which a narrator relays events from their own point of view using the first person It may be narrated by a first person protagonist (or other focal character), first person re-teller, first person witness, or first person peripheral (also called a peripheral narrator).

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Folklore

Folklore is the expressive body of culture shared by a particular group of people; it encompasses the traditions common to that culture, subculture or group.

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George Foster Peabody

George Foster Peabody (July 27, 1852 – March 4, 1938) was an American banker and philanthropist.

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Google Books

Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print and by its codename Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.

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Granite

Granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock that is granular and phaneritic in texture.

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Horticulture

Horticulture is the science and art of growing plants (fruits, vegetables, flowers, and any other cultivar).

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Jabez Young Jackson

Jabez Young Jackson (born 5 August 1790) was a U.S. representative from Georgia.

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James Jackson (congressman)

James Jackson (October 18, 1819 – January 13, 1887) was a United States Representative from Georgia, a judge advocate in the American Civil War, and a chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

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James Jackson (Georgia politician)

James Jackson (September 21, 1757 – March 19, 1806) was an early British-born Georgia politician of the Democratic-Republican Party.

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Jefferson County, Georgia

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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List of Governors of Georgia

The Governor of Georgia is the head of the executive branch of Georgia's state government and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

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List of individual trees

The following is a list of notable trees from around the world.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor (from the Latin maior, meaning "bigger") is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Paraphrase

A paraphrase is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words.

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Plant rights

Plant rights are rights to which plants may be entitled.

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Plat

In the United States, a plat (plan or cadastral map) is a map, drawn to scale, showing the divisions of a piece of land.

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Presbyterianism

Presbyterianism is a part of the reformed tradition within Protestantism which traces its origins to Britain, particularly Scotland, and Ireland.

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Quercus alba

Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America.

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Right-of-way (transportation)

A right-of-way (ROW) is a right to make a way over a piece of land, usually to and from another piece of land.

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Ripley's Believe It or Not!

Ripley's Believe It or Not! is an American franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims.

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Supreme Court of Georgia (U.S. state)

The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial authority of the US state of Georgia.

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United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, the Senate being the upper chamber.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.

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University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, also referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public comprehensive research university.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself

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