In real estate and land surveying, a meander is a term used to describe the winding or sinuous path of a natural watercourse, such as a river, stream, or shoreline. Meanders are often used as …
Merestone
A merestone is a physical marker, often made of stone, concrete, or metal, that is placed at a specific location to delineate property boundaries or to indicate the corner of a parcel of land. …
Monument
A permanently placed survey marker such as a stone shaft sunk into the ground. …
Out
An 'out' was ten chains. When counting out long lines, the chain carriers would put a stake at the end of a chain, move the chain and put a stake at the end, and so on until they ran "out" of ten …
Point of Beginning
The starting point of the survey …
Plat
A drawing of a parcel of land. …