The system is often used to define larger pieces of property (e.g. The term "bounds" refers to a more general boundary description, such as along a certain watercourse, a stone wall, an adjoining public road way, or an existing building. A direction may be a simple compass bearing, or a precise orientation determined by accurate survey methods. The term "metes" refers to a boundary defined by the measurement of each straight run, specified by a distance between the terminal points, and an orientation or direction. At the time at which the description is compiled, it may have been marked on the ground with permanent monuments placed where there were no suitable natural monuments. It may include references to other adjoining parcels of land (and their owners), and it, in turn, could also be referred to in later surveys. The boundaries are described in a running prose style, working around the parcel of the land in sequence, from a point of beginning, returning back to the same point. Typically the system uses physical features of the local geography, along with directions and distances, to define and describe the boundaries of a parcel of land. By custom, it was applied in the original Thirteen Colonies that became the United States, and in many other land jurisdictions based on English common law. The system has been used in England for many centuries, and is still used there in the definition of general boundaries.
Metes and bounds is a system or method of describing land, real property (in contrast to personal property) or real estate. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
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