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SURVEY (law)


SURVEY, The act by which the quantity of a piece of land is ascertained; the paper containing a statement of the courses, distances, and quantity of paper containing a statement of the courses, distances, and quantity of land, is also called a survey. land, is also called a survey. 2. A survey made by authority of law and duly returned into the land 2. A survey made by authority of law and duly returned into the land office, is a matter of record, and of equal dignity with the patent. 3 office, is a matter of record, and of equal dignity with the patent. 3 Marsh. 226; 2 J. J. Marsh, 160. See 3 Greenleaf, 126; 5 Greenleaf, 24; 14 Marsh. 226; 2 J. J. Marsh, 160. See 3 Greenleaf, 126; 5 Greenleaf, 24; 14 Mass. 149 1 Harr.