An arch with a strong center point, usually seen in Gothic Revival style buildings.
Term: Pole
Definition:
Unit of length and area. Also known as a "perch" or "rod". As a unit of length, equal to 16.5 feet. A mile is 320 &s. As a unit of area equal to a square with sides one pole long. An acre is 160 square poles. It was common to see an area referred to as "87 acres, 112 poles", meaning 87 and 112/160 acres.
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Term: Possession
Definition:
Exercise of the right to use real property (i.e. land) to the exclusion of others.
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Term: Post and Wire Fence
Definition:
A fence constructed of spaced posts with single strand or meshed wire attached.
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Advising on, reporting on, conducting or supervising the conducting of surveys to establish, locate, define or describe lines, boundaries or corners of parcels of land or land covered with water
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The determination or analysis of spatial attributes of natural and artificial features on, above or below the surface of the earth, whether or not the surface of the earth is situated below water, and the storage and representation of such features on a chart, map, plan or geographic representation and includes the practice of cadastral surveying
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Term: Prescription
Definition:
The manner of acquiring adverse rights in another's land. Prescriptive rights are similar to "adverse possession "but that term is used for title interest. "Prescription" refers to rights of use in land belonging to another, such as right of access. Usually requires 20 years of uninterrupted passage to claim a right.
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Term: Prima Facie Evidence
Definition:
Evidence deemed by law to be sufficient to establish a fact if the evidence is not disputed.
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Term: Priority of Evidence
Definition:
Priority of Evidence
Greenleaf's rule giving priority to those things about which men] are least likely to make mistakes
1. Natural boundaries.
2. Lines actually run and corners actually marked at the time of the grant,
3. Lines and courses of an adjoining tract if these are called for,
4. Courses and distances, giving preference to one or the other according to the
circumstances.
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Term: Priority of Severance
Definition:
Order in time in which parcels of land were severed from an earlier lot or parcel.
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Term: Production
Definition:
A line or course extended beyond its termination point usually to a boundary or monument.
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Term: Professional Member
Definition:
A member of the A.O.L.S. who is a licensed member or holds a certificate of registration.
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Term: Project
Definition:
Means a plan, map, drawing, file, report or any other form or transmittal by which a professional member advises or gives an opinion as to,
(a) The establishment or determination of boundaries delineating any right or interest in land or land covered with water, or
(b) The determination or analysis of spatial attributes of natural and artificial features on, above or below the surface of the earth, whether or not the surface of the earth is situated below water;
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Term: Proof Line
Definition:
A line surveyed across one or more concessions in the original survey of a single front township or of a double front township to govern the course of a side line of a lot.
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Each parcel of land in Ontario has been assigned a unique number. The first five numbers represent the "Block" in which it lies. Title information and legal descriptions are available for each P.I.N.
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Is one that applies an even distribution of a determined excess or deficiency of measurement, ascertained by retracement of an established line.
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Term: Proposed Declarant
Definition:
Include, where applicable, a person who proposes or intends to register a condominium declaration and description.
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Term: Proposed Property
Definition:
The property described in the declaration and description that are required to be registered to designate a proposed unit as a unit under the Condominium Act.
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Term: Proposed Unit
Definition:
Land described in an agreement of purchase and sale that provides for delivery to the purchaser of a deed in registerable form after a condominium declaration and description have been registered in respect of the land.
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Term: Park Land Dedication
Definition:
Municipalities have the authority to require that a developer give a portion of the development land to a municipality for a park or other recreational purposes either at the plan of subdivision approval or consent approval stage (Planning Act, subsection 51.1(1)) or as a condition of development or redevelopment of land (Planning Act, section 42). Instead of giving over the land, the municipality may require the developer to pay an amount of money equal to the value of the land that would have otherwise been given.
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Term: Part-lot Control
Definition:
Once a plan of subdivision has been registered, a landowner may sell any complete lot within that plan. However, a landowner may not sell a part or piece of a lot or block in that registered plan without further approvals under the Ontario Planning Act. This has the effect of preventing any further division of land within a registered plan of subdivision without a further application for Subdivision, Land Division, or Part Lot Control.
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