Chapter 3: Surveys And Land Descriptions Flashcards
What is an As-Built Survey?
Survey that locates all physical improvements on the land in relation to the boundary lines of the land.
What are Base Lines?
Imaginary east-west survey lines used in the government survey system to establish township lines.
What is a Call?
Course and distance describing a boundary line of land in a metes and bounds land description.
What is a Chord?
Straight line drawn from the beginning point of an arc to the ending point of that arc.
What is a Course?
In a metes and bounds legal description, the direction of a property boundary line.
What is Distance?
In a metes and bounds legal description, the length of a property boundary line, usually measured in feet and hundreths of a foot.
(Ex. 82.13 feet)
What is a Legal Description?
Description of real property by a government survey, metes and bounds, or lot numbers of a recorded plat, the description being complete enough that a particular parcel of land can be located and identified.
What is a Plat?
Survey of real property that often is recorded.
What are Principal Meridians?
Imaginary north and south lines used in a government survey system. Meridians intersect the baselines to form a starting point for the measurement of land under that system.
What are Range Lines?
Division of a state in a government survey system, comprising a 6 mile wide row of townships running north and south.
What are Sections?
Division or parcel of land on a government survey comprising 1 square mile, or 640 acres.
What is a Survey?
Visual presentation of the physical boundaries of real property. The survey is used to describe real property.
What is Title Insurance?
Contract to indemnify the insured against loss through defects in the title to real property.
What is a Title Insurance Commitment?
Commitment or contract by a title insurance company to issue a title insurance policy.
What are Townships?
In a government survey, a square tract of land 6 miles on each side, containing 36 square miles.
What are Township Lines?
Lines in a government rectangular survey system that run east and west at 6 mile intervals parallel with base lines and that form strips of land or tiers called townships.
What is Zoning?
Legitimate police power of governments to regulate the use of real property.
