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Metes and Bounds -- Description of land by boundary lines, with their terminal points and angles. Originally metes referred to distance, bounds to direction; contemporarily, the words have no individual meaning of practical significance.
http://westerndivision.ctt.com/sistersites/santa_barbara/terms.htm#M
Edit: In states that have been laid out by government survey into sections and townships, land-parcels can be described on the basis of those units; for example: "the south 200 feet of the east half or the north-east quarter" of section thus-and-so. This is refered to as the government survey system or, more technically, the cadastral system.
Irregular tracts will however require a metes and bounds description (or a description by reference to a plat or may depicting the dimensions and position of various tracts).
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Metes Jackie 03/21/02 01:43 PM Re: Metes wwh 03/21/02 02:03 PM Re: Mete it out WhitmanO'Neill 03/21/02 02:17 PM Re: Mete it out Jackie 03/21/02 02:23 PM Re: mete Keiva 03/21/02 09:49 PM Re: mete wwh 03/21/02 10:12 PM Re: mete Flatlander 03/22/02 12:17 PM Re: metes and bounds wow 03/22/02 01:57 PM Re: metes and bounds wwh 03/22/02 02:37 PM Re: mete Keiva 03/22/02 06:31 PM Re: cadastral wwh 03/22/02 07:56 PM Metes and Bounds Keiva 03/21/02 09:38 PM Re: Metes and Bounds Keiva 03/21/02 10:08 PM Re: Metes Capital Kiwi 03/21/02 09:45 PM
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