The title to Lands registered in Ontario can be upgraded to absolute using an application to amend the register and following the prescribed procedure. In Ontario the resulting absolute title is referred to as Land Titles Absolute Plus. Reasons for upgrading title from LTCQ to LT+ include: The resolution of title disputes or adverse claims. The development of land by condominium or subdivision. A lender may require absolute title prior to the advancement of funds.
Term: Abstract of Title
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A written summary of the history of ownership and claims against a particular property.
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Those current coastal and hydraulic engineering principles, methods and procedures that would be judged by a peer group of qualified engineers (by virtue of their training and experience), as being reasonable for the scale and type of project being considered, the sensitivity of the location, and the potential threats to life and property.
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Those current geotechnical engineering principles, methods and procedures that would be judged by a peer group of qualified engineers (by virtue of their training and experience), as being reasonable for the scale and type of project being considered, the sensitivity of the location, and the potential threats to life and property.
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Those current principles, methods and procedures, which are used and applied in disciplines such as geology, geomorphology, hydrology, botany and zoology, and would be judged by a peer group of qualified specialists and practitioners (by virtue of their training and experience), as being reasonable for the scale and type of project being considered, the sensitivity of the location, and the potential threats to life and property.
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Term: Acquiescence
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Implied consent to a transaction, to the accrual of a right, or to any act by one's silence or without express assent.
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Term: Ad Filum Aquae
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To the central line, or middle, of the stream. Literally, to the thread of the water.
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Term: Adjoining Owners
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Those persons who own land touching the subject land and who is as a result have right to notice of proceedings concerning subject real estate as for example in zoning and licensing matters.
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Those physical, biological and environmental changes which are of long-term duration, where the rate of recovery is low, where there is a high potential for direct and/or indirect effects and/or where the areas is considered to be critical habitat or of critical significance to the protection, management and enhancement of the shoreline ecosystem.
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Term: Adverse Possession
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A method of acquisition of title to real property by possession for a statutory period under certain conditions. It has been described as a statutory method of acquiring title to land by limitation. In order to establish title in this manner there must be proof of non-permissive use which is actual, open, notorious, exclusive and adverse for the statutorily established period.
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Term: Air Rights
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The rights granted by a fee simple, lease agreement, or other conveyance of an estate in real property to build upon, occupy, or use, in the manner and degree permitted, all or any portion of space above the ground or any other stated elevation within vertical planes (through the boundaries of the property).
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Term: Aliquot
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The description of fractional section ownership used in the U.S. and Canada. A parcel is generally identified by its section, township and range. The aliquot specifies its precise location within the section, for example, the northwest quarter of the southeast quarter.
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Term: Alluvial Deposit
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An area of sand, clay or other similar material that has been gradually deposited by moving water, such as along a river bed or shore of a lake.
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A meeting of the owners of a condominium corporation held in accordance with subsection 45 (2) of the Condominium Act.
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All legal boundary survey plans prepared under the authority of the Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS) are required to include an official numbered sticker, embossed with the surveyor's seal. Plans are randomly reviewed and evaluated by the AOLS for content and quality to meet the statutes and regulations for legal boundary surveys. Copies of plans which do not have the surveyor's embossed seal are not considered "original plans".
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Term: Approval Authority
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The approval authority for the purposes of sections 51, 51.1 and 51.2 of the Planning Act.
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Term: Appurtenant Easement
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Attaches to the land, benefiting the dominant estate.
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Term: Artesian Well
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A well that contains water under pressure. For artesian conditions to exist, an aquifer must be overlain by a confining material and receive a supply of water.
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Term: As-built survey
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A colloquial expression applied to new construction surveys. Sometimes used for property plans before the 1990s; also known as a "building location survey".
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Term: Ascertainable Point
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A point found or re-established in its original position on a line or boundary established during the original survey or on a line or boundary established during the survey of a plan of subdivision registered under the Land Titles Act or the Registry Act.
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