Land Ordinance of 1787 may refer to:
- Northwest Ordinance of 1787, also known as the Ordinance of 1787, establishing governance for the Northwest Territories of Canada
- Land Ordinance of 1785, establishing land policies for new territories in the United States of America
Famous quotes containing the words land and/or ordinance:
“All over this land women have no political existence. Laws pass over our heads that we can not unmake. Our property is taken from us without our consent. The babes we bear in anguish and carry in our arms are not ours.”
—Lucy Stone (1818–1893)
“Wilt thou have this Woman to thy wedded wife, to live together after God’s ordinance in the holy estate of Matrimony? Wilt thou love her, comfort her, honour, and keep her in sickness and in health; and, forsaking all other, keep thee only unto her, so long as ye both shall live?”
—Book Of Common Prayer, The. Solemnization of Matrimony, “Betrothal,” (1662)