Plat
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A map of a piece of land, on which are marked the courses and distances of the different lines, and the quantity of land it contains. Such a plat may be given in evidence in ascertaining the position of the land and what is included, and may serve to settle the figure of a survey and correct mistakes. 5 T. B. Mon. (Ky.) 160. See 17 Mass. 211; 5 Me. 219; 7 Me. 61; 4 Wheat. (U. S.) 444; 14 Mass. 149.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A map of a piece of land, on which are marked the courses and distances of the different lines, and the quantity of land it contains. Such a plat may be given in evidence in ascertaining the position of the land and what is included, and may serve to settle the figure of a survey and correct mistakes; Alexander v. Lively, 5 T. B. Monr. (Ky.) 160, 17 Am. Dec. 50. See Davis v. Rainsford, 17 Mass. 211; Mclver v. Walker, 4 Wheat. (U. S.) 444, 4 L. Ed. 611.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
A place within a river, cove, creels:, or harbor, more or less under water; "a shallow or shoal water." i
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
or PLOT. A map of a piece of land on which are marked the courses and distances of the different lines, and the quantity of land it contains. Bouvier. We consider plat the preferable form of the word; but both are noticed in the American real-property cases.