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| 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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| In surveying, a reference to a course, distance, or monument when a describing a boundary. |
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| Government(rectangular) Survey System |
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| A system established in 1785 by the federal government, providing for surveying and describing land by reference to principal meridians and base lines; used mainly welsh of the Mississippi River. |
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| A description of a specific parcel of real estate complete enough for an independent surveyor to locate and identify it. |
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| Metes and Bounds Description |
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| A legal description of a parcel of land that begins at a well-marked point and follows the boundaries, using directions and distances around the tract, back to the place of beginning. |
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| A fixed natural or artificial object used to establish real estate boundaries for a metes and bounds description. |
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| A map of a subdivision indicating the location and boundaries of individual properties. Generally shows lots, blocks, easements, streets, floodplains, etc. Usually requires official approval before recordation. |
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| In a Metes and Bounds legal description, the starting point of the survey, situated at one corner of the parcel. All metes and bounds descriptions must follow the boundaries of the parcel back to the point of beginning. |
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| The main imaginary line running north and south and crossing a base line at a definite point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the rectangular system of legal description. |
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| A strip of land six miles wide, extending north and south and numbered east and west according to its distance from the principal meridian in the rectangular survey system(govt) of legal description. |
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| Reference to a recorded plat(lot and block or recorded plat system) |
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| 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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| A portion of township under the rectangular survey system(govt). A township is divided into 36 sections, numbered 1 through 36. A section is a square with mile-long sides and an area of one square mile, or 640 acres. |
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| The process by which boundaries are measured and land areas are determined; the on-site measurement of lot lines, dimensions and position of a house on a lot, including the determination of any existing encroachments or easements. |
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| (townships strip) A strip of land six miles wide, extending east and west and numbered north and south according to its distance from the base line in the govt rectangular survey system of legal description. |
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| A survey that measures the features of the earth's surfaces such as hills and valleys plus the location of roads. |
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| The principal unit of the rectangular survey system(govt). It's a square with 6 mile sides and an area of 36 square miles. |
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