Chapter 4 - Legal Descriptions

Question 1

Base and Meridian

Answer 1

Imaginary lines used by surveyors to find and describe the location of private or public lands. In government surveys, a base line runs due east and west, meridians run due north and south, and are used to establish township boundaries.

Question 2

Government Survey

Answer 2

A method of specifying the location of parcel of land using prime meridians, base lines, standard parallels, guide meridians, townships and sections.

Question 3

Lot and Blocks

Answer 3

A legal description of land used for plotted properties, stating the number, lot, and block in a particular sub-division.

Question 4

Metes and Bounds

Answer 4

A term used in describing the boundary lines of land, setting forth all the boundary lines together with their terminal points and angles. Metes (length or measurements) and Bounds (boundaries) description is often used when a great deal of accuracy is required.

Question 5

Section

Answer 5

Section of land is established by government survey, contains 640 acres and is one mile square.

Question 6

Survey

Answer 6

The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its area is ascertained; also the blueprint showing the measurements, boundaries and area.

Question 7

Townships

Answer 7

In the survey of public lands of the United States, a territorial subdivision six miles long, six miles wide and containing 36 sections, each one mile square, located between two range lines and two township lines.

Question 8

Condominium

Answer 8

An estate in real property wherein there is an undivided interest in common in a portion of real property coupled with a separate interest in space called a unit, the boundaries of which are described on a recorded final map, parcel map or condominium plan.

Question 9

Survey

Answer 9

The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its area ascertained; also the blueprint showing the measurements, boundaries and area.