A federal court created by act of Congress in 1891 (26 Stat 854 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 765]), to hear and determine claims hy private parties to lands within the public domain, where such claims originated under Spanish or Mexican grants, and had not al-reedy been confirmed by Congress or other-wise adjudicated. The existence and au-thority of this court were to cease and de-term ine at the end of the year 1895.
Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
