The notes below are intended only to supplement a complete and diligent review of the related chapter in your course text. Studying these notes alone is not expected to be adequate test preparation.

 

 

Property Descriptions

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Simply knowing the real estate language is half the battle in preparing oneself for the examination. This exercise will help to commit the terminology to memory. Read the definition on the left and then recite the term being defined. Place your mouse pointer over the maroon colored box to the right of the definition to reveal the correct answer.

 

  • A latitude reference line used in the rectangular survey system
  • A permanent reference mark used by surveyors in elevation measurements
  • Used in the rectangular survey system, an area of land measuring 24 miles by 24 miles square
  • The property line that abuts a street or body of water
  • Used in the rectangular survey system, they are lines that run north and south to compensate for the curvature of the earth
  • A method of property description which uses as a reference, block numbers or letters assigned to each group of adjoining lots in a subdivision, and a lot number or letter for each building lot in the block
  • A method of property description that describes the property by starting at a well marked point of beginning and follows the boundaries of the property until it returns to the point of beginning
  • Natural or artificial objects used to outline a properties boundaries
  • Inserted every 24 miles North and South of base lines
  • A map that shows the location and boundaries of the lots in a selected area
  • A plan showing the layout of improvements on a property
  • The starting point in a metes and bounds description
  • Imaginary longitudinal lines used as reference points in the rectangular survey system
  • A string of townships running north and south in the rectangular survey system
  • The government survey system used to describe vast areas of land and uses latitude and longitude lines as references
  • In the rectangular survey system it is an area of land 1 square mile in size
  • A procedure for determining the area and boundaries for a parcel of land
  • In the rectangular survey system, it refers to a row of townships running east and west
  • A term used in the rectangular survey system to refer to tracts of land measuring six miles by six miles

 

 

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