An older type of legal survey monument usually marking a corner (not used since the 1970's).
Term: Real Estate
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An ownership interest in real property. In common usage it has come to mean the land itself.
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Term: Real Property
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Land and generally whatever is erected upon it, growing on or affixed to the land.
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Term: Rectification
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A set of techniques for removing data errors through calculation or adjustment
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Term: Reference Bearing
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Orientation of the survey plan is based on a specific surveyed line and a specific bearing. The reference bearing is taken off a previous survey, and the origin traces back to astronomic observations of the North Star (hence the term "astronomic") to orient survey to official North/East/South/West. Reference Bearing must match the Bearing Not.
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Term: Reference Plan
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A publicly deposited plan, comprised of Parts and assigned a unique number. Differentiated from other plans by an "R" and the number of the specific registry office in which the land is situate, e.g. 66R-1234.
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Term: Registered
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A document or plan with a unique sequential number placed in the Registry system whereby an action related to land occurs, e.g. transfer, expropriation.
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Term: Registered Plan
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A plan with an unique sequential number placed in the Registry system whereby an action related to land occurs upon registration. e.g. expropriation, M-plan.
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A plan prepared and registered under subsection 83 (1) of the Registry Act.
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Term: Registry Office
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A physical building where documents relating to land are filed and stored (and other documents as well). Historically these were secure fireproof buildings ensuring the availability of records to verify land ownership, e.g. loss of deed papers by an owner. Ontario land registry offices are sequentially numbered from 1 to 66. For modern plans recorded in the registry office, the two numbers before the alphanumeric identify the originating office, e.g. 66R-12345 reference plan from Toronto; 43M-1234 subdivision plan in Peel.
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Term: Regular Lot
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A township lot whose boundaries according to the original plan conform within one degree to the bearings shown for the corresponding boundaries of the majority of the lots in the tier in which the lot occurs.
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Term: Remonumentation
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Resetting a corner monument at the position of an original monument using Generally Accepted Surveying Principles.
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Term: Remote Sensing
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The process of obtaining information about land, water, or an object, without any physical contact between the instrument doing the sensing and the subject.
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Term: Reserve Fund
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A reserve fund established under section 93 of the Condominium Act.
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Term: Residential Survey
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Known as a "Surveyor's Real Property Report" or "Building Location Survey" on older surveys; some plans may show unfinished buildings, e.g. dwelling under construction or poured concrete foundation.
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Term: Restrictive Covenant
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An agreement creating an obligation contained in a deed, forbidding the commission of some act.
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Term: Retracement Survey
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A survey of a previously surveyed boundary in order to determine the directions and distances between the monuments marking it.
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Term: Right of Entry
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1) A legal right to enter real property and not be trespassing.
2) Surveyors have a statutory right in Ontario to enter the land of any person for any purpose of the survey.
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Term: Riparian Boundaries
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Water boundaries, or boundaries formed by a river, lake or the sea. The general rule is that riparian boundaries shift with changes due to accretion or erosion but retain their original location if brought about by avulsion or by artificial causes.
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Term: Riparian Lands
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In strict interpretation, lands bordering on a river.
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Term: Riparian Owner
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One who owns land having a boundary defined by a water course.
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Term: River Basin
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A term used to designate the area drained by a river and its tributaries.
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