It is regulated by the bureau of land management (blm) Common names for this system of land surveying legal land description public land survey system rectangular survey system united states public land survey rectangular system of surveys u.s. Skelton wrote in the legal elements of boundaries and adjacent boundaries “the only rule that can be definitely given for the writing of deed descriptions is— the scrivener should place himself as nearly as possible in the seats which will be occupied by those who, twenty years hence, attempt to lay down the grant—describe the land.
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