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Real Estate Law

Chapter 3: Surveys and Land Descriptions

TermDefinition
As-built survey Survey that locates all physical improvements on the land in relation to the boundary lines of the land.
Base lines Imaginary east-west survey line used in the government survey system to establish township lines.
Call Course and distance describing a boundary line of land in a metes and bounds land description.
Chord Straight line drawn from the beginning point of an arc to the ending point of that arc.
Course In a metes and bounds legal description, the direction of a property boundary line.
Distance In a metes and bounds legal description, the length of a property boundary line, usually measured in feet and hundredths of a foot; example: 82.13 feet.
Legal description Description of real property by a government survey, metes and bounds, or lot numbers of a recorded plat, the description being complete enough that a particular parcel of land can be located and identified.
Plat Survey of real property that often is recorded.
Principal meridians Imaginary north and south lines used in a government survey system. Meridians intersect the base lines to form a starting point for the measurement of land under that system.
Range lines Division of a state in a government survey system, comprising a 6-mile-wide row of townships running north and south.
Sections Division or parcel of land on a government survey comprising 1 square mile, or 640 acres.
Survey Visual presentation of the physical boundaries of real property. The survey is used to describe real property.
Title insurance Contract to indemnify the insured against loss through defects in the title to real property.
Title insurance commitment Commitment or contract by a title insurance company to issue a title insurance policy.
Townships In a government survey, a square tract of land 6 miles on each side, containing 36 square miles.
Township lines Lines in a government rectangular survey system that run east and west at 6-mile intervals parallel with base lines and that form strips of land or tiers called townships.
Zoning Legitimate police power of governments to regulate the use of real property.
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