Real Estate Unit 4 Vocab

2. A legal description of a parcel of land that begins at a well marked point and follows the boundaries, using direction and distances around the track.
4. One of 37 north and south survey lines established and defined as a part of the rectangular survey system.
7. A system established in 1785 by the federal government provided for surveying and describing land by reference to principal meridians and base lines.
8. If it allows a surveyor to locate the property's boundaries with reasonable certainty.
10. A permanent reference mark or point established for use by surveyors in measuring differences in elevation.
12. A square with mile long sides and an area of one square mile or 640 acres.
14. One set of imaginary lines running east and west crossing a principal meridian at a definite point.
17. Lines running at six mile intervals parallel to the base line.
18. The starting point of the survey situated in one corner of the parcel.
19. A subdivision map filed in the county recorders office that shows the locations and boundaries of individual parcels of land.
21. When a survey shows the location, size and shapes of the improvements located on the lot

1. A horizontal plan is which heights or depths are measured.
3. A drawing that shows the location and dimensions of a property.
5. A description of a specific parcel of real estate complete enough for an independent surveyor to locate and identify it.
6. A strip of land running east and west in the government survey system; not used in Texas.
9. A designated airspace over a piece of land.
11. A fixed natural or artificial object that helps establish real estate boundaries.
13. A strip of land 6 miles wide extending north and south, and numbered in east and west according to its distance from the principal meridian.
15. A description of real property that identifies a parcel of land by reference to -
16. The principal unit of the rectangular survey system.
20. The process by which boundaries are measured and land areas are determined.