Unit 6 Vocabulary Flashcards
legal description
is a detailed way of describing a parcel of land for documents such as deeds and mortgages that will be accepted in a court of law.
survey
The description is based on information collected through a
metes-and-bounds method
land description is the oldest found in the United States, and it was used in the original 13 colonies, as well as in those states that were being settled while the rectangular survey system was being developed.
point of beginning (POB)
A metes-and-bounds description starts at a designated place on the parcel, called the
Monuments
are fixed objects used to identify the POB, all corners of the parcel or ends of boundary segments, and the location of intersecting boundaries.
rectangular survey system,
sometimes called the government survey system, was established by Congress in 1785 to standardize the description of land acquired by the newly formed federal government.
principal meridians
run north and south,
base lines
run east and west
township lines
Lines running east and west, parallel to the base line and six miles apart, are called
Tiers
They form strips of land called
ranges
These north-south strips of land are called
townships
When the horizontal township lines and the vertical range lines intersect, they form squares, or
sections
Townships are subdivided into sections and subsections called halves and quarters, which can be further divided. Each township contains 36
lot-and-block (recorded plat) method.
system uses lot and block numbers referred to in a
air lots
The owner may subdivide the air space above the land into
