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Definitions of metes and bounds:

• A system of land survey that defines land parcels according to visible natural landscape features and distance. The resultant field pattern is usually very irregular in shape.
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• A system of land description using distance (metes) and angles/compass directions (bounds) beginning and ending at the same point.
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• A means of describing land by directions and distances rather than reference to a lot number. Generally used when land has not been subdivided into lots.
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• a system of land description that uses physical objects, frequently trees and rivers, and the property lines of adjacent landowners to define the boundaries of land; measurements frequently expressed in poles, a distance of about 5 1/2 yards.
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• An older way of describing land in registered instruments. Starting at a recognizable point (the meeting of two roads, the corner of a lot), the description then describes the boundaries of the land by indicating distances and directions for each boundary (ie "South 100 feet" or "South 73 degrees, five minutes west for a distance of 100 feet"), returning at the end of the description to the beginning point.
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• A time-honored land surveying method of describing land in terms of shape and boundary dimensions.
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• Measurements of property contained in a deed by which the land location and its boundaries are defined by directions and distances.
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• Description of land by boundary lines.
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• A term used in describing the boundary lines of land setting forth all the boundary lines together with their terminal points and angles.
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• A land description in which boundaries are described by courses, directions, distances and monuments.
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• A method used in describing property which starts at an identifiable starting point and then describes the succeeding sides by their bearing (direction) and length (distance).
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• An ancient surveying system that describes a parcel of land in terms of its relationship to natural features and adjacent parcels.
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• A method of describing or locating real property; metes are measures of length and bounds are boundaries.
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• A detailed description of district boundaries using specific geographic features.
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• A land description system in which boundaries are described as distance between two semi-permanent points or as lines following compass bearings.
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• A description of the boundaries of a piece of land that uses landmarks such as stones, hills, and trees
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• A traditional way of describing property, generally expressed in terms of distance from a known landmark or intersection, and then following the boundaries of the property back to its origin.
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• The description of the boundaries a parcel of land by measurement distance and or natural man-made boundaries.
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• A method of land description which identifies a parcel by specifying its shape and boundary dimensions, using terminal points and angles.
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• Measurements and boundaries; terms used in describing real property.
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• Metes meaning measurements and bounds referring to the boundaries of the tract of land describes.
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• Means for describing property by a set of directions and distances, when there isn't identification based on a surveyed lot number
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• A description of a property in terms of distance, direction and landmarks.
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• A method used to legally describe property using a point of beginning, distances, boundaries, monuments, and benchmarks.
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• A system of land description whereby all boundary lines are set forth by use of terminal points and angles -mete referring to a limit or limiting mark, and bounds referring to boundary lines.
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• Metes and bounds is a system or method of describing land, 'real' property (in contrast to personal property) or real estate. The system has been used in England for many centuries, and is still used there in the definition of general boundaries. By custom, it was applied in the original 13 colonies that became the United States, and in many other land jurisdictions based on English Common Law.
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