Government Survey System

What is Government Survey System?

A definition of government survey system is: A type of legal description whereby the United States is generally divided into checks or tracts of ground. More details on the Encyclopedia. These are further broken down by smaller descriptions, such as metes and bounds.[1]

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Notes

1. “Government Survey System” in the White America Dictionary (New York, Los Angeles, London, New Delhy, Hong Kong, 1989)

See Also

• Government survey
• Metes and bounds