Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
government survey system — A type of legal description whereby the United States is generally divided into checks or tracts of ground. These are further broken down by smaller descriptions, such as metes and bounds. See also government survey metes and bounds … Black's law dictionary
government survey — General mapping out by government of towns, sections, quarter sections, etc.; sometimes known as a congressional survey. See also government survey system … Black's law dictionary
government survey — General mapping out by government of towns, sections, quarter sections, etc.; sometimes known as a congressional survey. See also government survey system … Black's law dictionary
Public Land Survey System — Seal of the BLM The Public Land Survey System (PLSS) is a method used in the United States to survey and identify land parcels, particularly for titles and deeds of rural, wild or undeveloped land. Its basic units of area are the township and… … Wikipedia
Lot and Block survey system — The Lot and Block Survey System is a method used in the United States and Canada to locate and identify land, particularly for lots in densely populated metropolitan areas, suburban areas and exurbs. It is sometimes referred to as the Recorded… … Wikipedia
geodetic survey system — A system of nationwide survey marks (bench) at longitude and latitude points, created by the federal government. A scientific method of integrating all real estate within the continental United States into one unified system … Black's law dictionary
geodetic survey system — A system of nationwide survey marks (bench) at longitude and latitude points, created by the federal government. A scientific method of integrating all real estate within the continental United States into one unified system … Black's law dictionary
survey — I verb To survey land is to ascertain corners, boundaries, and divisions, with distances and directions, and not necessarily to compute areas included within defined boundaries. To appraise as to value or condition II survey, noun The process by… … Black's law dictionary
Survey — may refer to:Geography*Surveying, the technique and science of measuring positions and distances on Earth *Aerial survey, a method of collecting information using aerial photography *Cadastral survey, used to document land ownership, by the… … Wikipedia
Survey township — 1826 map of the Connecticut Western Reserve in northern Ohio showing both survey and civil townships. The survey townships are represented by the numbers (horizonal town and vertical range numbers) while the civil townships using the same… … Wikipedia
