Survey

The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its contents ascertained ; also a statement of the result of such survey, with the courses and distances and the quantity of the land. In insurance law, the term "the survey" has acquired a general meaning, inclusive of what is commonly called the "application," which contains the questions propounded on behalf of the company, and the answers of the assured. Albion Lead Works v. Williamsburg City F. Ins. Co. (C. C.) 2 Fed. 484; May v. Buckeye Ins. Co., 25 Wis. 291, 3 Am. Rep. 76.

— Survey of a vessel. A public document, looked to both by underwriters and owners, as affording the means of ascertaining, at the time ana place, the state and condition of the ship and other property at hazard. Potter v. Ocean Ins. Co., 3 Sumn. 43, 19 Fed. Cas. 1,173 ; Hathaway v. Sun Mut. Ins. Co., 8 Bosw. (N. Y.) 68.