Unit 10 Key Terms Flashcards
assessor’s parcel number
A numerical ID assigned to each parcel of land within a tax district used to prepare tax maps.
base line
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.
check
A square measuring 24 miles on each side and representing the largest unit of measure in the government survey system.
government survey system
A type of land description, developed by the federal government for subdividing lands using surveying lines.
legal description
A series of boundary lines on the earth’s surface.
lot and block
A type of legal description of land.
metes-and-bounds description
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.
monument
Man-made or natural object used to establish boundaries of land.
point of beginning (POB)
The starting (and ending) place in a land survey using the metes-and-bounds method of property description.
principal meridian
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.
range
In the government survey system of land description, a vertical strip of land six miles wide located between two consecutive submeridians or range lines.
section
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.
survey
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.
tier
An east-west row of townships (as used in the government survey method of land description).
township
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 line
The east-west survey lines located every six miles north and south of the primary base line. Also called a subbaseline.
A numerical ID assigned to each parcel of land within a tax district used to prepare tax maps.
assessor’s parcel number
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.
base line
A square measuring 24 miles on each side and representing the largest unit of measure in the government survey system.
check
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 type of legal description of land.
lot and block
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.
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 meridian
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. A section is one mile square and contains 640 acres.
section
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.
survey
An east-west row of townships (as used in the government survey method of land description).
tier
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 east-west survey lines located every six miles north and south of the primary base line. Also called a subbaseline.
township line
