Land Surveying
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Land Surveying
Key Concepts
Legal
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Land Surveying
Legal Terms Study
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Land Surveying Legal Terms Study Guide
Land Surveying
Key Concepts
Legal
and
Terms
ExamStudy
Questions.pdf
Guide
Land Surveying
Key Concepts
Legal
and
Terms
ExamStudy
Questions.pdf
Guide Key Concepts and Exam Questions.pdf
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Abandonment The desertion of one or all claims. Abandonment as it concerns roads,
implies surrendering one particular party's rights without surrendering the
rights of all parties. Ex: abandonment of a road by the state forfeits the
state's interest in the road but not the local government's.
Abutter Adjoining property or landowner.
Abstract Summary of information.
Accidental Errors A random or non-systematic error.
Accuracy The ability to achieve the correct value or result. Accuracy is the nearness
to the true value or position.
Accretion Act of depositing silt or soil. It is the imperceptible extension of land where
water formerly stood.
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Actual Notice To view or read a document or record, in a real sense of the word.
Actual Possession Touching, contact, physical possession, or occupancy.
Acquiescence Tacit consent or consent by non action.
Ad Filum Aquae To the thread, middle, or center of the waters.
Adjoiner Neighboring property. Used to refer to the owner or the property abutting
the one of interest (client's property).
Administrative Codes Codifications of regulations promulgated by administrative departments of
the Commonwealth.
Adsectum Index Grantee Index.
Adverse Possession Possession of land in which the possessor has no valid record title. It is a
physical claim on property adverse to the rightful owner's interests.
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Agreement, Boundary Line A line established by mutual consent for the convenience of adjoining
landowners.
Alley A way of limited access normally much more confined in width than a road.
Along Depends on the circumstances; may mean 'on', or 'next to', or 'running with',
etc.
Alluvion Land formed by the gradual and imperceptible accumulation of accretions.
Alluvium Deposits from running water.
Ambiguity An uncertainty.
Ancient Document A document that is more than 30 years old, has an official appearance, and
is found in the proper custody.
Apportionment The division of rights or interests between several parties or persons that
are entitled to them.
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