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	The two basic categories of legal descriptions (land distributions) for land in the USA: STATE MADE LAND GRANT The original 13 states and 7 more (Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, and W. Virginia), are where the states made the original land grants, and an indiscriminate system of meats on bounds is used. This system relies on the location of neighboring land owners and other physical descriptions. FEDERAL MADE LAND GRANT The other 30 states had their land granted by the federal government, and use a surveyed system of meridians, baselines, townships and ranges.
	The terminology and history of land: Surveying Units and Terms Land Measurements Legal and Other Terms Transferring Land A Typical Deed Where Does Land Come From? The Feudal Land System How Land in the Colonies Was Acquired Bounty Land Warrants The Homestead Act of 1862