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52 Cards in this Set
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What was the common size of the lands resold by subsequent owners in Texas? |
40 acres |
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What type of survey uses a boundary and topographic survey as a base to design future improvements? |
site planning survey |
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A certain legal description contains the phrase,"...southeasterly along Happ Road to the stone landmark..." What kind of description is this? |
metes and bounds |
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What is the Public Land Survey System? (PLSS) |
is the method traditionally used over the largest part of the United States to survey and classify land parcels before naming an owner |
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What are the approximate dimensions of a township in the rectangular survey system? |
six miles by six miles |
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The rectangular survey system also goes by what name? |
The public land survey system (PLSS) |
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Which entity managed much of the actual land surveying done in the nineteenth century? |
General Land Office (GLO) |
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How many principal meridians are in the national rectangular survey system? |
36 |
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how many acres are in one square mile |
640 |
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What was the metes-and-bounds system used to describe? |
a town of around 4-6 miles and of generally rectangular shape |
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What are the two types of residential surveys? |
house location survey and cadastral land survey |
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What is a legal description not required for? |
Usage on specialized Internet platforms |
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Which regulation requires that a licensed surveyor record condominium plats showing elevation of floor and ceilings along with the outside boundaries? |
The texas uniform condominium act |
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what reference is used to describe a township? |
two consecutive meridians and two consecutive baseline parallels |
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If taxes, current and any delinquent, are not paid and the property for sale is described by lot and block, one could be charged with a |
misdemeanor |
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What are the fixed reference points used in a metes and bounds description? |
monuments, as well as natural and artificial landmarks |
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What is the main characteristic of the early surveying of Ohio Lands? |
it was done with more speed than care |
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What is the principal purpose underlying legal descriptions of real property?
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To create a consistent, unchanging standard for locating the property
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how big is a section |
1 square mile |
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What reference is used to describe a township? |
two consecutive meridians and two consecutive baseline parallels |
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Which of the following best defines a legal description? |
A statement which accurately locates and identifies the boundaries of the subject parcel to a degree acceptable by courts of law in the state where the property is located |
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What is the general criterion for a legal description of the property? |
it alone provides sufficient data for a surveyor to locate the parcel |
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What type of survey uses a boundary and topographic survey as a base to design future improvements? |
site planning survey |
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Which of the following is a distinctive feature of metes and bounds descriptions? |
They identify an enclosed area, beginning and ending at the same point. |
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How many sections are in the township, according to the rectangular survey system? |
36 |
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A boundary survey is also referred to as what? |
land survey plat |
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In the Rectangular Survey System, the east-west area between two parallels is called a |
tier |
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Which one of methods is NOT legally accepted to describe parcels of real estate in Texas? |
an old Spanish and Mexican system of measurement using varas |
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What is the area enclosed by the intersection of two consecutive meridians and two consecutive parallels? |
township |
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A vara is a unit of measure that is specific to Texas real estate. It equals |
33 and 1/3 inches. |
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What type of survey system uses meridian and parallel lines?
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rectangular survey system
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What is the general criterion for a legal description of the property? |
it alone provides sufficient data for a surveyor to locate the parcel |
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What type of survey system uses property lines based on local markers and bounds that were drawn by people and usually based on the topography? |
metes and bounds |
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What does the Public Land State notion mean, according to US PLSS? |
it is a state in which public lands were owned by the United States Government |
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How may the benchmarks be characterized? |
they were provided in order to simplify surveys |
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What were the purposes of implementation of the PLSS? |
to sell land and to reward soldiers |
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The abbreviation POB stands for |
point of beginning |
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The area running east and west between base lines is a |
tier |
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Which of the following states did NOT widely adopted, used or in any other way recognized the PLSS system? |
hawaii |
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What does monumentation mean? |
it is the establishment of permanent on-the-ground objects that mark exact locations of surveyed points and lines |
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What are the characteristics of a subdivision plat map? |
it must comply with local surveying standards and ordinances |
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What type of survey is often used in conjunction with a Location Survey in order to prepare a Site Design Map, a Subdivision Map, or an Erosion Control Plan? |
Topographic Survey |
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What is the Public Land Survey System? |
is the method traditionally used over the largest part of the United States to survey and classify land parcels before naming an owner |
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What is the principal purpose underlying legal descriptions of real property? |
To create a consistent, unchanging standard for locating the property |
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Which of the following best defines a legal description? |
A statement which accurately locates and identifies the boundaries of the subject parcel to a degree acceptable by courts of law in the state where the property is located |
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What does Texas use the rectangular survey system for? |
for sectional measurements |
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What was an object of usage latitude and longitude lines in the rectangular survey system |
to create uniform grids of squares of equal size that would be given a numerical reference for identification |
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Which of the settlements was NOT a difficulty connected with usage of the metes-and-bounds system? |
it required a huge amount of red tape |
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