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17 Cards in this Set
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is 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 |
Legal description |
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The process by which boundaries are measured by calculating the dimensions and area to determine the exact location of a piece of land |
Survey |
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The following three basic methods are used to describe realistic |
Meets and Bounds Rectangular Lot and block |
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A metes and bounds description always starts at a designated place on the parcel called? |
Point of beginning (POB) |
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The following three basic methods are used to describe realistic |
Metes and Bounds Rectangular Lot and block |
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Are fixed objects used to identify the POB, the ends of boundary segments or the location of intersecting boundaries. |
Monuments |
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Principal meridians run? Base line run? |
North and south East and west 37 principal meridians in the US |
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Lines running east and west parallel to the base line and 6 miles apart are called? |
Township Lines |
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A form strips of land called? |
Township tiers |
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Are six miles square and contain 36 squares miles |
Townships |
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1 square miles or 640 acres |
Section |
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Every fourth Township line both north and south of the baseline is designated a? |
Correction line |
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is the regular area created by these corrections. Such an area is about 24 mi.². |
Government check |
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Undersized or Oversized sections are called |
Fractional sections |
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Areas smaller than full quarter sections were numbered and designated as? |
Government lots |
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Are composed of the airspace within specific boundaries located over a parcel of land |
Air lots |
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is a point line or surface from which elevations are measured or indicated |
Datum |
