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Record 1 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Techniques
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Real Estate
OBS

In the rectangular system, the land parcels of a region are described by their relationship to an initial point. In public land states the initial point is the intersection of a meridian and a latitude (base line).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'arpentage
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Immobilier
OBS

Cette méthode consiste à rapporter la parcelle à un alignement (...) intérieur (...) ou (...) extérieur [à celle-ci] et (...) à la faire coïncider avec un côté ou avec une diagonale de la parcelle elle-même.

Spanish

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