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Metes and bounds

A legal description method that traces boundary distances, directions and reference points from a point of beginning back to that point.

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  • Legal descriptions: metes and bounds, government survey, and recorded maps California
  • Purposes of legal descriptions, and metes and bounds Florida
  • Deeds: purpose, essential elements, and legal descriptions New York
  • Legal descriptions and surveys Texas

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