<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . (August 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . (August 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Metes and bounds is a system or method of describing land, real property (in contrast to personal property) or real estate . Newer systems include rectangular (government survey), lot and block (recorded plat) and Torrens (used in Hawaii, Colorado, Australia, New Zealand and Canada). The system has been used in England for many centuries, and is still used there in the definition of general boundaries . The system is also used in the Canadian province of Ontario . 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 . </P>

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