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Abbreviation typically shown in the legend on a survey plan citing another surveyor's plan and the date thereof.
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A three-part, round-arched window, named for the 15th century Italian architect Andreas Palladino, also known as a Venetian Window and common in the Georgian and Colonial Revival styles.
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Term: Parapet
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A low stone or brick wall at the top of a building. A crenalated parapet has rhythmic breaks in the wall to create a pattern of battlements.
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Term: Parcel
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An area of land surveyed or otherwise defined. It includes, but is not limited to, lots, blocks, rights-of-way, land use areas, condominium units, sections, quarter sections, legal subdivisions and concessions.
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Term: Partition
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A division of real property (real estate) between two or more people.
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This process is used to lift Part Lot Control restrictions from lands within registered plans of subdivision to create parcels for sale. It usually is used for townhouse developments after construction has started to accurately set the boundary lines between the townhouse units. Section 50 of the Planning Act grants the municipality the authority to pass a By-law to exempt lands within a Plan of Subdivision from the Part Lot Control provisions in the Act.
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A wall common to two adjoining buildings or rooms.
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Term: Patent
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A conveyance or deed from the sovereign for the sovereign's interest in a tract of land.
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Term: Pediment
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A triangular space created by a front facing gable roof, often seen in Classical Revivial style buildings.
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Actual possession of real property implying actual occupancy or enclosure and use.
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Term: Pendant
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An ornamental piece of wood or metal hanging down from a porch, cornice or bracket.
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Term: Pent Roof
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A narrow shed style roof placed above the first floor of a building to protect the doors, windows and lower walls, often covering all four sides of the building.
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The percentage attributed to each unit stating that unit's interest in the common elements. This percentage is found in the Declaration (Schedule "D") and the total percentage for all units must equal 100%.
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The percentage allocated to each unit stating the unit's proportionate share of the common expenses. The percentage is multiplied by the yearly budget and divided by 12 to determine the monthly expenses for the unit. This percentage is found in the Declaration.
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Term: Perch
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A unit of linear measure equal to 25 links or 16 1/2 feet; in land area, a square rod; 272.25 square feet or 0.00625 acre.
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Term: Pergola
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A structure consisting of posts supporting an open roof In the form of a trellis.
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A state of being continued forever
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In a broad and general sense, everything that is the subject of ownership, excluding real property (i.e. excluding land).
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A mortgage taken back by the Vendor to assist in financing from occupancy closing to final closing. This is not to be confused with the real financing purchasers require from a bank or trust company to enable them to pay the balance of the purchase price.
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Term: Phase
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The additional units and common elements in a phased condominium created upon the registration of an amendment to both the declaration and description.
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Property that is the subject of a phase one environmental site assessment.
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Property that is the subject of a phase two environmental site assessment.
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Additional units and common elements in a phased condominium corporation that are created upon the registration of an amendment to both the declaration and description.
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The form of surveying that employs aerial photography, terrestrial photography, light detection and ranging, satellite imagery or other technologies that can be utilized for remote measurements and calculations.
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Either a device used to measure static liquid pressure in a system by measuring the height to which a column of the liquid rises against gravity, or a device which measures the pressure (more precisely, the piezometric head) of groundwater at a specific point.
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Term: Pilaster
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A pilaster is a narrowly protruding column attached to a wall, giving the illusion of a real free standing support column.
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Term: Pillar
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A support column without classical detailing.
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Term: Plaintiff
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A person who brings an action.
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Term: Plan
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A drawing which represents the particular area included in a survey and the lines surveyed, established, retraced or resurveyed, showing the direction and length of each such line; the boundaries, descriptions, and area of each parcel of land subdivided; a representation of the relief and improvements within the limits of the survey. A survey plan that is drawn in accordance with applicable regulations.
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A plan of subdivision that is registered under the Land Titles Act and identifiable by an "M" in the plan number. In the past, these plans were more commonly registered under the Registry Act and are identifiable as "RP". The document by which new parcels of land are created.
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Is a catch-all phrase for many different types of plans. A legal survey which may be undertaken by a licensed Ontario Land Surveyor.
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Depiction of features on a two-dimensional plane without any reference to contours or topographic relief.
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Term: Planted
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A survey marker that the surveyor set or installed on the ground to locate a property corner.
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A bar that is made out of high impact plastic, that is twenty-five millimetres square and at least 30 centimetres long and has embedded magnet.
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Term: Plat
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An American term for a survey plan.
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The starting point of the survey or written description.
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