Chpt. 6 Land Description

Question 1

The designated starting point for a metes-and-bounds description

Answer 1

POB

Question 2

Fixed objects used to identify significant points of measurement in a metes-and-bounds description

Answer 2

Monuments

Question 3

A land description system based on principal meridians and base line

Answer 3

Rectangular survey system

Question 4

Lines running 6 miles apart and parallel to the base line

Answer 4

Township lines

Question 5

Strips of land running parallel to the meridian

Answer 5

Ranges

Question 6

Numbered squares of land within a township square

Answer 6

Sections

Question 7

A system of description that uses numbered acres referred to in a plat map

Answer 7

Lot and block

Question 8

A point, line or surface from which elevation are measured

Answer 8

Datum

Question 9

Permanent reference markers, usually found on embossed brass markets set in concrete or asphalt

Answer 9

Benchmarks

Question 10

The type of legal description that relies on a property’s physical features to determine and to describe the boundaries and measurement of the parcel

Answer 10

Metes and bounds