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Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.

Grand Survey.

See grand inquest (2) under IN. QUEST.

Great Survey.

See grand inquest (2) under IN. QUEST.

Survey

n. 1. A general consideration of something; appraisal <a survey of the situation>. 2. The measuring of a tract of land and its boundaries and contents; a map indicating the results of such measurements <the lender requires a survey of the property before it will issue a loan>.

Surveyor

n. One who surveys land and buildings. - surveyorship, n.

congressional survey

See government survey under SURVEY.

deviation-well survey

An examination to determine whether a well is bottomed under another person's land.

geodetic-survey system

A federally created land-description method consisting of nationwide marks (or benches) made at longitude and latitude points. ( The geodetic-survey system integrates most of the real property in the United States into one unified form of measurement.

government survey

A survey made by a governmental entity of tracts of land (as of townships and sections and quarter-sections of land). - Also termed (when conducted by the federal government) congressional survey.

government survey.

See SURVEY.

government-survey system.

A land-description method that divides the United States into checks or tracts of ground, which are further broken down into smaller descriptions, such as metes and bounds.

surveyor of the port

Hist. A U.S. customs revenue officer appointed for each principal port of entry to oversee the inspection and valuation of imports. ( The office was abolished in 1953.

topographical survey

A survey that determines a property's elevation above sea level. 3. A governmental department that carries out such measurements <please obtain the boundaries from survey>. 4. A poll or questionnaire, esp. one examining popular opinion <the radio station took a survey of the concert audience>. 5. A written assessment of a vessel's current condition. - Also termed survey of a vessel. -survey, vb.