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| depression | a period of low economic activity, often marked by high unemployment |
| survey | to measure for size and for boundaries |
| title | a legal right to the possession of property |
| empresario | the Spanish word for contractor; a person who arranges business transactions |
| militia | a group of citizens acting as a military force |
| federal | relating to the national government |
| department | a land division within Texas |
| dowry | the money, property, and goods a bride gave to her husband upon marriage |
