A Crown Grant is the first legal document by which the Government of Jamaica gave a piece of land to a private person — it’s like the land’s original “birth certificate.”
Definition
A Crown Grant in Jamaica is an official instrument issued by the Government (the Crown) that originally transferred ownership of land from the State to a private individual or entity. Crown Grants were commonly used during the colonial and post-emancipation periods to allocate land for settlement, farming, or development.
