metes and bounds
Land survey description
Metes and bounds is a system for describing land boundaries using physical features, directions, and distances rather than a grid.
A deed might reference an old oak tree, a stone wall, or a creek bed as boundary markers.
The phrase appears almost exclusively in legal and real estate contexts: The property is described by metes and bounds in the original survey.
Wrapped item for shipping
legal description · courses · distances · calls · directions · degrees · minutes · seconds
Outer edge or limit
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- lineContinuous mark or queue
- cornerMeeting point of edges
marker · fence · edge · limit · enclosure · partition · watercourse · ridge
Precision angle-measuring instrument
- transitMovement between places
- plumb bobWeighted vertical indicator
- chainmanSurveying team member
- rodmanSurveyor's staff carrier
benchmark · baseline · traverse · azimuth · bearing · monument · stake · call
Structure honoring someone remembered
- stakeSharpened post or share
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- treeWoody perennial plant
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
river · ridge · road · highway · intersection · corner · blaze · natural feature
Written property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- easementLimited land-use privilege
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
covenant · tenure · zoning · ordinance · adverse possession · escrow · lien · ownership
parcel
Wrapped item for shipping
acreage · legal description · courses · distances · calls · directions · degrees · minutes · seconds · thence
border
Outer edge or limit
- perimeterShape's outer edge length
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- lineContinuous mark or queue
corner · marker · fence · edge · limit · enclosure · partition · watercourse · ridge · tree line
theodolite
Precision angle-measuring instrument
rodman · benchmark · baseline · traverse · azimuth · bearing · monument · stake · call · closure
monument
Structure honoring someone remembered
creek · river · ridge · road · highway · intersection · corner · blaze · natural feature · permanent marker
deed
Written property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- easementLimited land-use privilege
encumbrance · covenant · tenure · zoning · ordinance · adverse possession · escrow · lien · ownership · inheritance
- property boundariesproperty line, lot line, fence line, demarcation, border
- property lawfreehold, leasehold, deed, deeds, title
- surveyingsurveyor, theodolite, land surveys, survey markers, triangulation
- land recordsland registry, land records, parcel, land titles, cadastre
- Land Surveysection, township, range, meridian, quarter section
- land surveyingsurveyor, plat, theodolite, parcel, lot
bound, boundary, bounds, rebound, bounding, abound, unbounded, unbound, boundaries