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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

A subdivision of land into lots, streets and alleys, marked upon the earth, and represented on paper. See 115 Cal. 481, 47 Pac. 367.

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.