by Ethan Atkinson | Oct 26, 2026 | A-E, PropertyPedia
A property boundary that is not permanently fixed in one location but may move over time as a result of gradual changes in natural features, particularly rivers, streams, lakes, and shorelines. In real estate and boundary law, an ambulatory boundary commonly occurs...
by Ethan Atkinson | Oct 26, 2026 | A-E, PropertyPedia
A traditional real estate and surveying term referring to the descriptions of adjoining properties, roads, waterways, or other physical features that establish the boundaries of a parcel of land. Historically used in deeds, land grants, and property conveyances,...
by Ethan Atkinson | Oct 20, 2026 | A-E, PropertyPedia
Extralateral Rights are the rights of a lode mining claim owner to follow a mineral vein downward beyond the side boundaries of their claim, even when the vein passes underneath a neighbor’s land. The right depends on the vein’s apex, its highest point or the place...
by Ethan Atkinson | Oct 20, 2026 | A-E, PropertyPedia
Astronomic Meridian is a north-south line used in surveying that points to “true north,” found by observing the stars or the sun rather than by using a compass. To find it, surveyors traditionally sighted the North Star (Polaris) or the sun at a precisely recorded...
by Ethan Atkinson | Oct 20, 2026 | A-E, PropertyPedia
Allocation by Abstraction is a method used in real property appraisal for estimating the value of land on a parcel that has been improved with buildings or other structures, particularly where sales of comparable vacant land are scarce. It combines two related...
by Ethan Atkinson | Oct 20, 2026 | A-E, PropertyPedia
Arpent (from Old French, ultimately from Gaulish arepennis) is a pre-metric French unit of both length and area, historically used in land surveying throughout France and its North American colonies, including Quebec, Louisiana, and the Mississippi and Missouri river...
