Pronunciation:
[plot-ing] •
(noun)
Related Resources:
Land and Property Records
Definition:
The method by which land described in the metes and bounds system is placed on
paper.
Related Terms
• acre
• chain
• hectare
• indiscriminate
survey
• metes
and bounds
• perch
• plat
• pole
• rod
• survey
• vara
• warrant
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