Unit 10 of 19

Legal descriptions

Metes and bounds, the government (rectangular) survey system, and lot and block descriptions, including area calculations.

  1. 1
    Why legal descriptions matter, and lot and block
    Why a street address cannot identify land in a deed, the three ways land is legally described, and how Florida's recorded plats make the lot and block method work.
    +50 XP
  2. 2
    Metes and bounds
    How a metes and bounds description walks a boundary from a point of beginning using monuments, courses and distances, and why it must return to where it started.
    +50 XP
  3. 3
    The rectangular (government) survey system
    How the government survey grid works, from principal meridians and base lines (Florida's Tallahassee Meridian) to 6-mile townships, the 36 numbered sections, and government lots.
    +50 XP
  4. 4
    Reading section descriptions and finding acreage
    How to read descriptions like "the NE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 12," compute their acreage from the 640-acre section, handle "and" versus "of," and measure distances between sections.
    +50 XP
  5. 5
    Land area and price math
    The measurement facts and formulas for exam math on land, including rectangle and triangle area, converting square feet to acres, and price per acre and per front foot.
    +50 XP

Practice questions

Check yourself with exam-style questions. Each one explains the answer as soon as you pick.

Practice Unit 10