Land/Survey Flashcards
Subdivider
Person sells at least 6 parcels, lots, fractional interest in subdivision
Unsubdivided Land
Each lot/parcel is 36-160 acres
Lot Split
Divided into no more than 5 parcels, no public report, need affidavit of disclosure
Reliction
Gradual increase in land from water withdrawals
Section
One of 36 equal square miles in a township
Servient Tenement
Parcel of land that must allow adjacent owner to cross; easement appurtenant exists at expense of this party
Tier
Area of land between two consecutive baselines
Township
A square area of land with sides of six miles each, consisting of 36 square-mile sections and identified in reference to a meridian and baseline in the rectangular survey system
Datum
Determine elevation
Casissons
Small parcels that structurally support air lots
Air lots
Areas above land defined by elevation boundaries
Accretion
Gradual increase in land area
Avulsion
Sudden loss of land