Purposes of legal descriptions, and metes and bounds

Correct answer: To identify the particular land being conveyed

The description identifies the land affected by the deed; it does not perform valuation, zoning, or tax assessment.

Correct answer: Measurements such as directions and distances

Metes refer to measurements. Bounds refer to limits that may be described by adjoining land or natural features.

Correct answer: A tie locating the start of the parcel boundary

The wording places the POB at Y. X–Y is the preliminary locating tie, before perimeter tracing begins.

Correct answer: Use a complete legal description identifying the intended parcel.

A shared address does not distinguish the intended land. A complete legal description provides the needed parcel identification.

Correct answer: Thirty degrees east of north

The first letter establishes north as the reference; the final letter turns the angle toward east.

Correct answer: The shape closes, but its position remains undetermined.

Closure checks the return to the starting point, not the geographic position of that point.

Correct answer: A specifically identified rock outcrop

An identified rock outcrop is naturally occurring. Installed markers, concrete posts, and constructed walls are artificial features.

Correct answer: 400 feet

Add the four boundary lengths: 80 + 120 + 80 + 120 = 400 feet. The 50-foot approach tie is not a boundary side.

Correct answer: The point where tracing the parcel's boundary starts

The POB starts the boundary sequence. A separate reference point may serve as the point of commencement.

Correct answer: The land securing the debt

In a mortgage, the description identifies the particular land serving as security, distinct from loan terms or valuation.

Correct answer: A direction and distance for one course

East specifies direction and 150 feet specifies distance. The call is one course, not an entire parcel description.

Correct answer: The location and boundaries of the particular five acres

Acreage supplies quantity, not which portion of the larger tract is intended. The specific land must be locatable.

Correct answer: 10 feet east

North 100 minus south 100 leaves zero north-south displacement. East 200 minus west 190 leaves 10 feet east, so the sequence does not close.

Correct answer: An artificial monument because it was installed

An installed marker is an artificial monument. Its role as a corner does not make it an acreage statement or necessarily a commencement point.

Correct answer: Which way the course runs

The length and unit are given, but a distance alone does not specify direction.

Correct answer: Returning to the point of beginning after tracing the boundary

Boundary closure is the return to the POB, not a transaction closing, enclosure by fences, or return to a separate POC.

Correct answer: The boundary of the specifically identified adjoining tract

Bounds describe boundary limits, including adjoining land. Bearings and lengths are measurements, or metes.

Correct answer: The 300-foot run from the reference marker to the POB

The approach from the courthouse marker locates the POB. All four subsequent parcel sides belong to the perimeter.

Correct answer: The new address does not itself change the land identified by the description.

An address is an administrative locator. Renumbering it does not itself relocate boundaries or change the described parcel.

Correct answer: They can trace matching shapes at different locations.

Identical relative courses can produce matching shapes positioned differently. The established POB determines location.

Correct answer: South 40 feet

East 60 and west 60 cancel. North 40 remains, so south 40 feet returns to the beginning.

Correct answer: The land or strip affected by the access right

A description identifies the land affected by the instrument, here the strip subject to the easement.

Correct answer: It directs the reader along a segment of the boundary.

A boundary call supplies an instruction in the perimeter sequence, typically direction and distance for a straight segment.

Correct answer: Physical enclosure alone does not establish the legal boundary.

A fence may differ from the legal boundary. Its presence alone does not establish that it marks the described line.

Correct answer: To provide a reference from which the POB is located

A distinct POC is a reference point for the preliminary tie that locates the POB.

Correct answer: Start facing south and turn twenty degrees toward west.

The first letter, S, establishes south as the reference; W gives the direction of the twenty-degree turn.

Correct answer: Retrieving a record is different from supplying a complete legal description.

A useful index identifier is not by itself a complete boundary description that should be assumed sufficient for conveyance.

Correct answer: It ends 10 feet west because westward travel exceeds eastward travel.

75 north − 75 south = 0. 60 west − 50 east = 10 feet west. The endpoint is not the POB.

Correct answer: It supplies enough information to locate the particular parcel.

Locatability is central to identification. Price, improvement descriptions, and an address alone do not supply that boundary function.

Correct answer: A separate approach tie is unnecessary if the POB is already adequately located.

Some descriptions use a preliminary tie; it is not required merely to create a distinct POC when the POB is directly identifiable.

Correct answer: The learner added the approach tie to the four boundary sides.

90 + 140 + 90 + 140 = 460 feet. Adding the 25-foot approach tie produces the incorrect 485 feet.

Correct answer: At the endpoint of the 100-foot northward course

Sequential boundary calls connect. The eastward course starts where the preceding northward course ends.

Correct answer: Which legal description identifies the intended parcel

Matching address and acreage do not overcome conflicting parcel locations. The intended land must be identified through the correct legal description.

Correct answer: Provide a reference for locating a described point or boundary

Both natural and artificial monuments can serve as location references. Their origin differs, but the locating function can be shared.

Correct answer: Boundary dimensions identify land geometry, not the value of improvements.

Dimensions describe the land's geometry. They do not establish the value of the land or its improvements, an assessed value, or whether the lot is buildable.

Correct answer: N 15° W

N 15° W starts from north and turns toward west, placing the course in the northwest quadrant.

Correct answer: The boundary already closed; the added segment retraces the approach tie.

Closure occurs at the POB. Moving 40 feet west afterward returns to the separate POC and adds a nonboundary segment.

Correct answer: Follow each boundary call in its stated sequence from the POB.

The ordered calls form the connected perimeter. Reordering them or restarting from the POC changes the instructed path.

Correct answer: Identify the particular starting location sufficiently to distinguish it from the others.

A vague reference to one of several rocks does not establish a unique starting location. A natural monument must be identifiable for its locating purpose.

Correct answer: Both need to identify the same land, although they affect it in different ways.

The description identifies the tract. A deed conveys it, while a mortgage identifies it as security; shared identification does not merge those functions.