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Chapter 4 Key Terms

TermDefinition
base line East and west imaginary reference line crossing a principal meridian at a definite point used by surveyors for lacating and describing land under a rectangular survey system of legal description.
call Reference to a course, distance, or monument when describing a boundary in surveying.
government survey system Established by congress in 1785 to standardize the descrition of land acquired by newly formed federal govenment. Geodetic based and also called rectangular survey.
rectangular survey Mostly used west of the Mississippi River, a system established in 1785 by the federal government for the purpose of surveying and describing land in reference to principal meridians and base lines.
geodetic survey Another name for the system of standardized land description developed after the newly formed government in 1785 and not used in states that had previously been colonized.
legal description A complete description of a specific parcel of real estate so that a independent surveyor can locate and identify it.
metes-and-bounds description Legal description that begins at a well-marked point and follows the boundaries, using directions and distances around the tract , back to the original starting point.
monument A fixed natural or artificial object used to establish real estate boundaries for a metes-and bounds description.
plat map A subdivision map showing lots, blocks, easements, streets, floodplains, et cetera.indicating location and boundries of individual properties. Requires official approval before being recorded.
point of beginning Starting point of the survey for a metes-and-bounds legal description situated at one corner of the parcel.
POB In metes-and-bounds legal description, the point, situated at one corner of the parcel, at which the surveyor begins and ends the properties boundries.
principal meridians the main north south imaginary reference line that connects at a specific point with the baseline used by surveyors to locate and describe land in a retangular legal description survey system.
range In a rectangular survey system, a 6 mile wide strip of land extending north and south and numbered according to it's distance from the principal meridian east and west.
recorded plat reference Refers to the subdivision plat (or plat map) that is recorded in the public record as reference for describing each parcel located within the subdivision.
lot-and-block Method of describing real property that identifies a parcel of land by reference to lot and block numbers within a subdivision according to the recorded subdivision plat.
recorded plat system Also called lot-and-block system where property descriptions are in reference to the recorded subdivision plat.
section In rectangular survey system, a portion of township divided into 36 sections each having 1 mile long sides and area of 1 square mile and numbered 1 - 36.
survey The process by which boundaries are measured and land areas are determined; on-site measurement of lot lines, dimensions, and positions of a house on a lot, including the determination of any existing encroachments or easements.
tier A strip of land 6 miles wide, extending east and west and numbered north and soudn according to its distance from the base line in rectangular survey system.
township stirp In government rectangular survey system, a strip of land, or tier, that extends 6 miles east to west and is numbered north and south based on distance from the base line.
topographic survey Survey measuring the features of the earth's surfaces such as hills and valleys as well as the location of roads.
township The principal unit of the rectangular survey system having an area of 36 square miles and 6 mile long sides in the shape of a square.
1 acre 43,560 sqare feet
front footage Generally the first number listed in the dimensions of a property and is the measurement of the number of feet that is street or road, or water frontange.
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