Chapter 5 Legal Description Flashcards
Detailed way of describing parcel of land
Legal decsription
Process by which boundaries are measured by calculating dimensions and area to determine the exact location of a piece of land
Survey
Oldest form of legal description. Measure/direction. Uses POB (Point of beginning).
Metes and bounds method
Metes refers to _____
Bounds refers to _____
Metes-meausre
Bounds-direction
Fixed objects used to identify the POB
Monuments
Gov’t survey system. Uses principal meridians and base lines.
Rectangular survey system
Prime meridians run ___ to _____
Base lines run _____ to _____
P Meridians- north to south
Base lines- east to west
Parallel to base line, these lines run east to west and are six miles apart
township lines
Running north to south divided into six mile strips parallel to the meridian
Range lines
These 6x6 mile squares that horizontal township lines and vertical range lines create are called
Townships
Each township contains how many sections
36 sections
Each section is ____ square mile(s)
1
One square mile = _____ acres
640
Sections are divided into _____ or _____
halves or quarters
Recorded plat method. reserved for the use of subdivisions and urban areas
lot and block method
