Legal Descriptions Flashcards
Imaginary lines running east and west and crossing principal meridian at a definite point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the government survey system.
base line
A type of land description, developed by the federal government for subdividing lands using surveying lines.
government survey system
A series of boundary lines on the earth’s surface.
legal description
A method of legal description that identifies a property by specifying the shape and boundary dimensions of the parcel. The description starts at the point of beginning and follows the boundaries of the land by compass direction and linear measurements and returns to the point of beginning.
metes-and-bounds description
Man-made or natural object used to establish boundaries of land.
monument
The starting (and ending) place in a land survey using the metes-and-bounds method of property description.
point of beginning (POB)
Imaginary lines running north and south and crossing a base line at a definite point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the government survey system.
principal meridians
In the government survey system of land description, a vertical strip of land six miles wide located between two consecutive submeridians or range lines.
range
One of the primary units of measurement in the government survey system of land description. (One mile square and contains 640 acres.)
section
The procedure used to measure and describe a specific tract of real property for the purpose of determining exact boundaries and the area contained therein.
survey
A square tract of land measuring six miles on each side and including 36 sections (formed by the crossing of range and township lines).
township
- The NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of the SW1/4, Section 20, Township 4 South, Range 2 East, describes a tract of
a. .125 acre.
b. .5 acre.
c. 10 acres.
d. 64 acres.
C
- Calculate the number of acres contained in the following legal description: NE1/4 of the SE1/4 and the SE1/4 of the NE1/4 and the N1/2 of the NE1/4.
a. 30 acres
b. 80 acres
c. 120 acres
d. 160 acres
D
40,40,80
- In the metes-and-bounds method of description
metes refers to (__?__), and bounds refers to (__?__)
metes refers to distance, and bounds refers to direction
- The government survey system is especially adapted to describing
a. lots in platted subdivisions.
b. odd-shaped tracts of land carved out of former land grants.
c. land in concise symbols and words.
d. parcels with human-made or natural physical features.
C
- What is the designation of a township located three township tiers south of the base line and five ranges east of the principal meridian?
T3S, R5E
- The tract of land located inside a square formed by intersecting range lines and township lines is called
A township
8.The vertical strip of land six miles wide beginning at the principal meridian and extending six miles east along the length of the principal meridian is called
Range 1 East
- If you have located a township designated as T1N, R1E, the township due north of that township is
T2N,R1E
- Which statement is FALSE concerning townships?
a. A township contains 36 sections.
b. A township contains 36 square miles.
c. A township is 6 miles square.
d. 5 township contains 36 acres.
D
- In writing the legal description of a section, which is the standard sequence?
a. Range number, township number, section number
b. Section number, township number, range number
c. Township number, range number, section number
d. Section number, range number, township number
B
- The north boundary of Section 36, Township 1 South, Range 1 West is located
a. 6 miles south of the principal meridian.
b. 35 miles west of the base line.
c. 25 miles west of the principal meridian.
d. 5 miles south of the base line.
D
- A legal description that reads, in part, “the North one-half of the Northeast one-quarter of the Northwest one-quarter Section 12, Township 42 South, Range 12 East” describes a tract of
a. 20 acres.
b. 10 acres.
c. 5 acres.
d. 2 1/2 acres.
A
- A man owned the NW1/4 of a section. He sold the W1/2 of that NW1/4. How many acres does the man still own?
a. 40 acres.
b. 80 acres.
c. 160 acres.
d. 640 acres.
B
- Plat maps used in the lot and block method of legal description show
a. the grid system of government squares.
b. dimensions of streets and improvements.
c. the numerical street address for each lot.
d. distance and direction from the point of beginning.
B
lot and block
A type of legal description of land
A township contains how many sections?
36
A township is how many square miles?
36
A township is how many miles square?
6
