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Index
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Authors
1. Introduction
2. Land Tenure
2.1 Territoriality
2.2 Land Tenure and Its Development
2.3 Modes of Interests and Tenure in Land
2.4 Conveyance of Interests in Land
2.5 Transfer of Interests in Land without Agreement of Owner
2.6 Land Tenure in Contemporary Society
2.7 Legal Restrictions on Land Ownership and Use
2.7.1 Restrictions of Public Nuisances
2.7.2 Land Use Zoning
2.7.3 Subdivision Regulation
2.7.4 Private Deed Restrictions
2.7.5 Land Development and Use Regulation
2.7.6 Compensation for Land Use Restrictions
Recommended Additional Reading on Land Tenure
3. Land Tenure in the United States
3.1 Origins of U.S. Land Law
3.1.1 English Common Law
3.1.2 Roman Civil Law
3.1.3 Spanish Civil Law
3.1.4 French Civil Law
3.1.5 Russian Civil Law
3.1.6 Dutch Civil Law
3.1.7 Aboriginal Law
3.1.8 Tribal Law
3.2 Origins of Land Tenure in the Original Colonies
3.3 Origins of Land Tenure in Public Domain Lands
Recommended Additional Reading on Land Tenure in the United States
4. Subdivision of Land in the United States
4.1 Subdivision of the Original Grants to the United States
4.2 Informal (Private) Subdivisions
4.3 Formal (Recorded) Subdivisions
4.4 U.S. PLSS
4.4.1 Development of the U.S. PLSS
4.4.2 The Subdivision Process
4.4.3 Measurements Standards
4.4.4 Monumentation Standards
4.4.5 Field Notes and Plats
4.5 Other Rectangular Cadastral Surveys in the United States
4.5.1 The 13 Original Colonies
4.5.1.1 Virginia
4.5.1.2 New York
4.5.1.3 Massachusetts
4.5.1.4 Maryland
4.5.1.5 Rhode Island
4.5.1.6 Connecticut
4.5.1.7 New Hampshire
4.5.1.8 Delaware
4.5.1.9 North Carolina
4.5.1.10 South Carolina
4.5.1.11 New Jersey
4.5.1.12 Pennsylvania
4.5.1.13 Georgia
4.5.2 Florida
4.5.3 Hawaii
4.5.4 Louisiana
4.5.5 Texas
4.5.6 Significance of Original Cadastral Surveys
Recommended Additional Reading on Subdivision of Land in the United States
5. Land Descriptions
5.1 Types of Boundaries
5.2 Purposes of Descriptions
5.3 Types of Descriptions
5.4 Writing Descriptions
5.5 Description Plats
Recommended Additional Reading on Land Descriptions
6. Land Boundary Surveying
6.1 History of Boundary Surveying
6.2 Land Boundary Delimitation
6.2.1 General Procedures
6.2.2 Evaluation of Evidence in Retracement Surveys
6.2.3 Retracement of Public Land Surveys
6.3 Water Boundary Delineation
6.3.1 Origin and Evolution of Water Boundary Definitions
6.3.2 Boundaries of Tidal Public Trust Waters
6.3.2.1 Anglo-American Common Law
6.3.2.2 North-Atlantic Low Water States
6.3.2.3 Civil Law
6.3.3 Boundaries of Nontidal Public Trust Water
6.3.4 Boundaries Related to Nonpublic Trust Waters
6.4 Interpretation of Land Descriptions
6.4.1 Interpretation of Description Calls
6.4.2 Rules of Construction
Recommended Additional Reading on Land Boundary Surveying
7. Cadastral Systems
7.1 History of Cadastral Systems
7.2 Juridical Cadastres
7.2.1 Land Registration Systems
7.2.2 Land Records Recordation Systems
7.3 Fiscal Cadastres
7.4 The Evolving Cadastral System in the United States
7.4.1 Integration of Digital Indices and GISs
7.4.2 Improved Public Access
7.4.3 Future Directions
7.4.4 Impact on the Role of Land Surveying
Recommended Additional Reading on Cadastral Systems
References
Index
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