plat map

plat map
A plat which gives legal descriptions of pieces of property by lot, street, and block numbers. A plat map is generally drawn after the property has been described by some other means, such as a Government Survey System. Once a plat map is set, legal descriptions are defined by referring to the given map, in a lot and block description

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  • map — A representation of the earth s surface, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented, usually on a flat surface. See also plat map …   Black's law dictionary

  • map — A representation of the earth s surface, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented, usually on a flat surface. See also plat map …   Black's law dictionary

  • plat — / plat/ n [probably alteration of plot]: a plan, map, or chart of a piece of land with present or proposed features (as lots); also: the land represented Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. plat …   Law dictionary

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  • plat — plat1 [plat] vt. platted, platting [ME platten, var. of playten: see PLAIT] Dial. to plait or braid n. Dial. a plait or braid plat2 [plat] n. [var. of PLOT, infl. by ME, flat < OFr: see PLATE …   English World dictionary

  • Plat — Plat, n. 1. The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A plot; a plan; a design; a diagram; a map; a chart. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] To note all the islands, and to set them down in plat. Hakluyt. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • map — [n] chart of geographic area atlas, delineation, design, diagram, draft, drawing, elevation, globe, graph, ground plan, outline, picture, plan, plat, portrayal, print, projection, sketch, topographical depiction, tracing; concept 625 …   New thesaurus

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