Evidence and Procedures for Boundary Location (Hardcover, 6)

Preface.

1 Introduction.

2 Definition, Scope, and Nature of Evidence.

3 Words as Evidence.

4 Evidence and Technology.

5 Other Types or Species of Evidence.

6 Calculations and Measurements as Evidence.

7 Plats as Evidence.

8 Evidence of Water Boundaries.

9 Using Historical Knowledge as Evidence.

10 Recording and Preserving Evidence.

11 Procedures for Locating Boundaries Described by Words.

12 Original Surveys and Related Platting Laws.

13 Unwritten Transfers of Land Ownership.

14 Guarantees of Title and Location.

15 Using and Understanding Words in Boundary Descriptions.

16 Professional Liability.

17 Professional Stature.

18 The Surveyor in Court.

19 The Surveyor, the Law, and Evidence: A Professional Relationship.

Appendix A The Surveyor's Report.

Appendix B Wooden Evidence.

Appendix C The [Quasi-]Judicial Function of Surveyors.

Appendix D Geodaesia.

Appendix E Land Acts that Created the Public Lands.

Index.