Unit 10 Key Terms

Question 1

assessor’s parcel number

Answer 1

A numerical ID assigned to each parcel of land within a tax district used to prepare tax maps.

Question 2

base line

Answer 2

Imaginary lines running east and west and crossing a principal meridian at a definite point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the government survey system.

Question 3

check

Answer 3

A square measuring 24 miles on each side and representing the largest unit of measure in the government survey system.

Question 4

government survey system

Answer 4

A type of land description, developed by the federal government for subdividing lands using surveying lines.

Question 5

legal description

Answer 5

A series of boundary lines on the earth’s surface.

Question 6

lot and block

Answer 6

A type of legal description of land.

Question 7

metes-and-bounds description

Answer 7

A method of legal description that identifies a property by specifying the shape and boundary dimensions of the parcel. A metes-and-bounds description start at the point of beginning and follows the boundaries of the land by compass direction and linear measurement and returns to the point of beginning.

Question 8

monument

Answer 8

Man-made or natural object used to establish boundaries of land.

Question 9

point of beginning (POB)

Answer 9

The starting (and ending) place in a land survey using the metes-and-bounds method of property description.

Question 10

principal meridian

Answer 10

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.

Question 11

range

Answer 11

In the government survey system of land description, a vertical strip of land six miles wide located between two consecutive submeridians or range lines.

Question 12

section

Answer 12

One of the primary units of measurement in the government survey system of land description. A section is one mile square and contains 640 acres.

Question 13

survey

Answer 13

The procedure used to measure and describe a specific tract f real property for the purpose of determining exact boundaries and the area contained therin.

Question 14

tier

Answer 14

An east-west row of townships (as used in the government survey method of land description).

Question 15

township

Answer 15

A square tract of land measuring six miles on each side and including 36 sections (formed by the crossing of range and township lines).

Question 16

township line

Answer 16

The east-west survey lines located every six miles north and south of the primary base line. Also called a subbaseline.

Question 17

A numerical ID assigned to each parcel of land within a tax district used to prepare tax maps.

Answer 17

assessor’s parcel number

Question 18

Imaginary lines running east and west and crossing a principal meridian at a definite point; used by surveyors for reference in locating and describing land under the government survey system.

Answer 18

base line

Question 19

A square measuring 24 miles on each side and representing the largest unit of measure in the government survey system.

Answer 19

check

Question 20

A type of land description, developed by the federal government for subdividing lands using surveying lines.

Answer 20

government survey system

Question 21

A series of boundary lines on the earth’s surface.

Answer 21

legal description

Question 22

A type of legal description of land.

Answer 22

lot and block

Question 23

A method of legal description that identifies a property by specifying the shape and boundary dimensions of the parcel. A metes-and-bounds description start at the point of beginning and follows the boundaries of the land by compass direction and linear measurement and returns to the point of beginning.

Answer 23

metes-and-bounds description

Question 24

Man-made or natural object used to establish boundaries of land.

Answer 24

monument

Question 25

The starting (and ending) place in a land survey using the metes-and-bounds method of property description.

Answer 25

point of beginning (POB)

Question 26

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.

Answer 26

principal meridian

Question 27

In the government survey system of land description, a vertical strip of land six miles wide located between two consecutive submeridians or range lines.

Answer 27

range

Question 28

One of the primary units of measurement in the government survey system of land description. A section is one mile square and contains 640 acres.

Answer 28

section

Question 29

The procedure used to measure and describe a specific tract f real property for the purpose of determining exact boundaries and the area contained therin.

Answer 29

survey

Question 30

An east-west row of townships (as used in the government survey method of land description).

Answer 30

tier

Question 31

A square tract of land measuring six miles on each side and including 36 sections (formed by the crossing of range and township lines).

Answer 31

township

Question 32

The east-west survey lines located every six miles north and south of the primary base line. Also called a subbaseline.

Answer 32

township line