metes and bounds

metes and bounds (meets). The territorial limits of real property as measured by distances and angles from designated landmarks and in relation to adjoining properties. • Metes and bounds are usu. described in deeds and surveys to establish the boundary lines of land. — Also termed butts and bounds; lines and corners. See CALL(5). [Cases: Boundaries 7–8. C.J.S. Boundaries §§ 10–17.]

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