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18 Cards in this Set
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Legal description |
A detailed way of describing a parcel of land for documents such as deeds and mortgages that will be accepted in a court of law. |
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Survey |
The process by which boundaries are measured by calculating the dimensions and area to determine the exact location of a piece of land |
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Methods used to describe real estate |
Metes and bounds Rectangular (or government) survey Lot and block (recorded plat) |
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Metes and bounds method |
A method used to describe a parcel of land that begins at a well-marked Point and follows the property's boundaries, using directions and distances around the tract, back to the place of beginning |
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Point of Beginning (POB) |
The starting point of a survey. And the point at which the metes and bounds description ends. |
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Monument |
Fixed objects used to identify POB, all corners of the parcel or ends of boundary segments, and the location of intersecting boundaries. |
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Rectangular Survey system |
A system established in 1785 by the federal government, providing for surveying and describing land by reference to principal meridians and base lines. |
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Principal Meridian |
The main imaginary line running North and South and crossing a Baseline at a definite point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the rectangular Survey System of legal description. |
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Base lines |
The main imaginary line running East and West and crossing a principal Meridian at a definite Point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the rectangular Survey System of legal description |
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Township lines |
All the lines in a rectangular Survey System that run east and west, parallel to the Baseline and six miles apart. |
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Tiers |
Strips of land that are 6 miles wide, extended east and west and numbered North and South according to their distance from the Baseline in the rectangular Survey System of legal description |
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Range |
A strip of land 6 miles wide, extending north and south and numbered East and West according to its distance from the principal Meridian in the rectangular Survey System of legal description |
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township |
The principal unit of the rectangular Survey System. A Township is a six mile square of 36 square miles |
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A legal description of a township includes |
Designation of the chair in which the township is located. Designation of the range. Name or number of the principal Meridian for that area. |
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Lot and block method |
a method of describing real property that identifies a parcel of land by reference to lot and block numbers within a subdivision, as specified on a recorded Subdivision plat |
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Plat map |
A map of a town, section, or subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of the individual properties |
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Datum |
A point, line or surface from which elevations are measured or indicated. |
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Benchmarks |
Permanent reference marks or points established for use by surveyors in measuring differences in elevation. |
