Metes and Bounds

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Metes and Bounds

The boundary lines of land, with their terminal points and angles. A way of describing land by listing the compass directions and distances of the boundaries. It is often used in connection with the Government Survey System.

metes and bounds

(meets and bounds) n. a surveyor's description of a parcel of real property, using carefully measured distances, angles, and directions, which results in what is called a "legal description" of the land, as distinguished from merely a street address or parcel number. Such a metes and bounds description is required to be recorded in official county record on a subdivision map and in the deeds when the boundaries of a parcel or lot are first drawn.

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The master's domain was wide and complex, yet it had its metes and bounds. The land itself ceased at the county road.

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Request for Qualification: Provide geotechnical engineering; structural engineering; subsurface utility engineering; metes and bounds surveying;aerial photogrammetry; geohydrologic services; and environmental assessments with archeological and biological surveys.

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The topics include the history and concept of boundaries, the creation and interpretation of metes and bounds and other non-sectionalized descriptions, riparian and littoral boundaries, retracing and resurveying sectionalized lands, locating combination descriptions and conveyances, and the ethics and moral responsibilities of boundary creation and of retracements.

Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles, 7th Edition

Early measurement efforts only established the metes and bounds of those grants.

10 by 10: Gunter's chain forms basis of American land measurement

If the description is in metes and bounds, trace each course and distance around the boundary from the "point of beginning" (which is the point on the property at which the description starts).

A practical guide to survey review: a public service of Davidson Law Firm

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The preservation of a free Government requires not merely, that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more especially that neither of them be suffered to overleap the great Barrier which defends the rights of the people."

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At the end of this computer lab seminar, participants will be able to: understand the terms involved with metes and bounds descriptions; handle inputs to the computer; merge multiple parcels, with both sections and metes and bounds formats; calculate areas and closure precision of individual parcels, measure overlaps or gaps; and deal with poorly written or incomplete descriptions.