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Conversions:

1 Acre: 43,560 sq. ft. or 208.7103' per side (square)

1 Chain (Surveyor's): 66.00 ft.

1 Link: 0.66 ft. or 7.92 inches

1 Perch: 16.50 ft.

1 Pole: 16.50 ft.

1 Rod: 16.50 ft.

Definitions:

Appraisal: An opinion of value usually in a written statement of the market value of an adequately described parcel of property as of a specific date.

Course: In surveying, the bearing of a line; also the bearing and length of a line.

Deed: An instrument in writing which, when executed and delivered, conveys and estate in real property or interest therein.

Encroachment: A physical feature such as a building or other object which is built or placed upon the property of another without their consent.

Meandering: A turn or winding, as of a stream.

Metes and Bounds: A method of describing land by measure of length (metes) of the boundary lines (bounds). In general the "metes" and "bounds" can be recited by reference to record, natural or artificial monuments at the corners; and record, natural or cultural boundary lines.

Parent Tract: The original tract from which a parcel has been taken.

Point of Beginning: The first point on the boundary of the property being described in metes and bounds description.

Survey: The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its boundaries and contents ascertained; also a map, plat, or statement of the result of such survey, with the courses and distances and the quantity of the land.

Thence: In surveying, and in descriptions of land by courses and distances, this word, preceding each course given, imports that the following course is continuous with the one before it.

Topographic Survey: To determine the elevations or relief of the ground with the locations of natural & artificial objects. The topographic drawing is drawn showing very detailed information, including the contour intervals. An example is shown here quadmap01 quadmap02

*These definitions were taken from the Definitions Of Surveying and Associated Terms book written 1972 and Reprinted 1989, American Congress of Surveying and Mapping and American Society of Civil Engineers. Also from Black's Law Dictionary Sixth Edition, St. Paul West Publishing Co. 1990