Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part LXI - Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors › Chapter 29 - Standards of Practice for Boundary Surveys › Section LXI-2903 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Any terms not
				specifically defined herein shall be as defined in the most current publication
				of
Definitions of Surveying and Associated Terms
as published
				by the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. For the purpose of this
				Chapter, all the definitions listed that differ from any other source are to be
				interpreted as written herein.
Artificial Monuments
-relatively permanent
				  objects used to identify the location of a corner. Artificial monuments shall
				  retain a stable and distinctive location and shall be of sufficient size and
				  composition to resist the deteriorating forces of nature.
Client
-the person with whom the contract for
				  work is made. This may or may not be the owner.
Corner
-a point on a land boundary at which
				  two or more boundary lines meet. It is not the same as a monument, which refers
				  to the physical evidence of the corner's location on the ground.
Deed
-an instrument in writing which, when
				  executed and delivered, conveys an estate in real property or interest
				  therein.
Description, Legal
-a written description
				  usually contained in an act of conveyance, judgment of possession, or
				  recognized by law which definitely locates property by metes and bounds or by
				  reference to government surveys, coordinate systems or recorded maps; a
				  description which is sufficient to locate the property without oral
				  testimony.
Description, Metes and Bounds
-a description
				  of a parcel of land by reference to course and distances around the tract, or
				  by reference to natural or artificial monuments.
Encroachment
-any structure or obstruction
				  which intrudes upon, invades or trespasses upon the property of another.
May
-when used means that a choice on the
				  part of the professional land surveyor is allowed.
Monument
-a physical object or structure
				  which marks the location of a corner or other survey point. In public lands
				  surveys, the term
corner
is employed to denote a point
				  determined by the surveying process, whereas the
monument
is
				  the physical object installed, or structure erected, to mark the corner point
				  upon the earth's surface. Monument and corner are not synonymous, though the
				  two terms are often used in the same sense.
Natural Monuments
-objects which are the
				  works of nature, such as streams, rivers, ponds, lakes, bays, trees, rock
				  outcrops, and other definitive topographic features.
Positional Accuracy
-the difference between
				  the actual position of a monument and the position as reported on the plat or
				  map.
Positional Tolerance
-the distance that any
				  monument may be mislocated in relation to any other monument cited in the
				  survey.
Prescription
-title obtained in law by long
				  possession. Occupancy for the period prescribed by the Louisiana Civil Code, as
				  sufficient to bar an action for the recovery of the property, gives title by
				  prescription.
Right of Way
-any strip or area of land,
				  including surface, overhead, or underground, encumbered by a servitude. Rights
				  are typically granted by deed for access or for construction, operation and/or
				  maintenance purposes, according to the terms of the grant.
Servitude
-an interest held by one person in
				  land of another whereby the first person is accorded partial use of such land
				  for a specific purpose. A servitude restricts but does not abridge the rights
				  of the fee owner to the use and enjoyment of his/her land. The term
easement
is often used interchangeably with
servitude
and generally means the same thing.
Shall
-the subject is imperative or mandatory
				  and must be done by the professional land surveyor.
Should
-past tense of
shall
and used to express obligation, duty or desirability.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  37:688.