Flashcards in Chapter 10: Legal Descriptions Deck (29):
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The four methods used to legally describe property are:
1. _____
2. _____
3. _____
4. _____
Monuments method
Surveyor's or metes and bounds method
Government survey method
Plat or lot and block method
2
This method is the oldest but least accurate method of land description.
Monuments method
3
_____ are measurements of distance and _____ are compass directions.
metes
bounds
4
The survey method begins by giving directions from a ______ to the ______, at the edge of the property.
monument
Point of Beginning (POB)
5
When a survey returns to the point of beginning, it's called a _____.
closing
6
According to the metes and bounds method, N 45° E is opposite what?
S 45° W
7
The rectangular method and grid method are synonymous with the _____ method
government survey
8
In the government survey method, the point of beginning (POB) is in ______.
Tallahassee
9
The main east/west line in the government survey method originating in Tallahassee is the ______.
Tallahassee Baseline
10
The main north/south line in the government survey method originating in Tallahassee is the ______.
Tallahassee Principal Meridian
11
In the government survey method, the vertical lines every 6 miles are called _____ or _____.
ranges or meridians
12
In the government survey method, the horizontal lines every 6 miles are called _____, _____ or _____.
baselines, or township lines
13
In the government survey method, the areas between meridians lines are called.
ranges
14
In the government survey method, the areas between baselines are called.
tiers
15
A township is _____ mile(s) square and contains _____ square mile(s).
6
36
16
A township contains _____ sections.
36
17
Section ______ is in the top-right corner of a township, and section _____ is in the bottom-right.
1
36
18
The intersection of guide meridians and correction lines for the curvature of the earth form a 24-mile-square area called a _____.
check
19
1 section = _____ acres
640
20
1 section = ______ square mile(s)
1
21
1 square mile = _____ acres
640
22
1 acre contains _____ square feet
43,650
23
1 mile is _____ feet long
5,280
24
A check contains _____ townships.
16
25
Correction lines are located every _____ miles north and south of the Tallahassee Baseline.
24
26
All legal descriptions of properties described with the plat method are described by reference to the _____, block number, subdivision name, book number, and page number.
lot number
27
Lot and block method = _____
Plat method
28
Grid method = rectangular method = _____
government survey method
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