Unit 8: Legal Descriptions Flashcards
legal description
description of a specific parcel of RE complete enough for an independent survey to locate & identify it
survey
process by which boundaries are measured & land areas are determined
metes and bounds
legal description of a parcel of land that begins at well marked points & follows the boundaries using direction & distances around the track back to the place of beginning
point (place) of Beginning (POB)
starting point of the survey, situated in one corner of the parcel
monument
fixed natural or artificial object used to establish RE boundaries for metes & bounds description
rectangular survey system
established by fed. govt. providing for surveying & describing land by reference to principal meridians & base lines
base lines
one of a set of imaginary lines running E & W crossing a principal meridian at a definite point
ranges
strip of land 6 miles wide extending N & S, & numbered E & W according to its distance from the principal meridian
township line
lines running at 6 mile intervals parallel to the base lines in the rectangular survey
township tier
a strip of land running E & W in the govt survey
township square
6 mile sides & an area of 36 sq miles
sections
a sq w/ mile long sides & an area of one sq mile or 640 acres
recorded subdivision plat
subdivision map filed in the county recorders office that shows the location & boundaries of the individual parcels of land
survey sketch
location & dimensions of a parcel
improvement survey
when a survey also shows the location, size, & shape of improvements on the lot
