Land Descriptions Flashcards
What is legal Descriptions
Descriptions of land that specify the boundaries and location of a piece of real property.
What are metes?
The direction and distance of a line forming the property boundary
What are bounds?
Physical features that define the boundaries of the land
Metes and bounds descriptions are characterized by ____________, which is where the descriptions both begins and ends
Point of beginning
Metes and Bounds use what form of guidance?
compass headings and directions
What is used within a metes and bounds descriptions to mark points of which there is a change in direction as one follows the parcel boundary?
Monuments
The lot and block system always begins with one of two types of land descriptions as a reference point: which are what?
metes and bounds description or an RGSS (rectangular government survey system) description
What do lot and block use to develop a property’s legal description?
Plat references
What is a plat map?
a detailed map of subdivision that includes boundaries, measurements, and distance between points, and becomes part of the lot and block legal descriptions
What is a Survey?
A professional onsite measurement of the lot lines and dimensions (height, length and width) of property
By what other name does rectangular survey system go by?
Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
What is Township?
36 square mile square, or six miles squared
What is a section?
one mile squared area of 640 acres
What is principal meridian?
The north south line running through the initial point of the survey
What is a baseline?
The east west line from which all measurements originate
