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Base lines
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Imaginary lines running East & West
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Check (dimensions)
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24 miles x 24 miles (largest measure)
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Government survey system
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Land description, used for subdividing land utilizing surveying lines
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Legal description
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A series of boundary lines on the earth's surface
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Lot & block
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A type of legal description for land
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Metes & bounds
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Legal description that identifies a property by specifying the shape and boundary dimensions-
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Monument
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Man-made or nature object used to establish boundaries of land
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Point of beginning (POB)
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Starting (and ending) place in a land survey
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Principle meridians
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Imaginary lines running North & South
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Range
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A vertical strip of land six miles wide-
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Section
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1-mile x 1-mile tract of land containing 640 acres
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Township
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6-mile x 6-mile tract of land containing 36 sections
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Tier
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East-west row of townships
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Where does a metes-and-bounds description start?
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Point of beginning (POB)
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Mete
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Distance
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