Chapter 10 Review Questions (Legal Descriptions / Math) Flashcards
The most accurate method of legally describing property is the __________________ __________________ __________________ method.
metes and bounds
__________________ __________________ are used to identify a parcel’s location on the face of the earth without duplication and without confusion with any other parcel.
Legal descriptions
The initial reference point in a metes and bounds legal description is the __________________ , then the __________________ __________________ __________________ .
monument,
point of beginning
If a metes and bounds description returns to exactly to the original starting point, it is called a(n) __________________ .
closing
The area of land lying between a line running east and west and a line lying either north or south and running parallel to it is called a __________________ .
tier
A township is __________________ miles square and contains __________________ square miles.
6,
36
A section is __________________ miles square and contains __________________ square mile.
1,
1
There are __________________ square feet in an acre.
43,560
(4 seniors driving 35 in a 60)
There are __________________ feet in a mile.
5,280
There are __________________ acres in a section.
640
The area of land running north and south formed by two meridians is called a(n) __________________ .
range
In Florida, the rectangular survey system of property identification begins at a point in __________________ .
Tallahassee
Properties located in subdivided areas are usually described using the __________________ method.
plat
A township identified as T25S, R18E would lie __________________ of T24S, R18E.
south
Section 13 is __________________ of Section 12 in the same township.
south
