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18-Geom-B5 Survey Law: May 2016

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  1. Question 1 The Phrase "More or Less" in Land Descriptions
  2. Question 2 Two Ontario Original-Township Survey Systems
  3. Question 3 Riparian and Non-Riparian Parcels
  4. Question 4 Registered versus Deposited Plans
  5. Question 5 Land Registrar's Compiled Plans (LRCP)
  6. Question 6 Expropriation under the Expropriations Act
  7. Question 7 Practical Location as Best Evidence when Monuments are Gone
  8. Question 8 Five Common Methods of Creating a "Road"
  9. Question 9 Definitions — Five Terms

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National Exams — May 2016 — 04-Geom-B5 Survey Law. Three hours; CLOSED BOOK, NO CALCULATOR. NINE (9) questions constitute a complete paper; most answers require sentence-and-paragraph format, and clarity and organization are marked. All nine questions (including every lettered sub-part) are solved in full below. Content is framed in the Canadian common-law and Ontario land-registration context named by the source (Surveyor General's Instructions, the Ontario township survey systems, Registry/Land Titles, the Expropriations Act).

Reference texts: Survey Law in Canada (Canadian Council of Land Surveyors / Carswell, 1989); Brown, Robillard & Wilson, Brown's Boundary Control and Legal Principles (7th ed., Wiley, 2017); Association of Ontario Land Surveyors (AOLS) Survey Review and educational materials; the Surveys Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. S.30, the Registry Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. R.20, the Land Titles Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. L.5, the Boundaries Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. B.10, and the Expropriations Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. E.26.