noun
mete
A boundary or limit of land.
The deed describes the property's boundaries using metes and bounds.
Etymology
The Latin source names a boundary or limit. English retains that sense particularly in legal descriptions of land, as in metes and bounds.
More examples
- A surveyor checks the metes and bounds against older records.
- The contract includes a metes-and-bounds description of the parcel.
- The neighbors dispute the metes and bounds listed in the deed.
Forms
mete · metes
Similar words
- boundary
- The ordinary term for a dividing line, including property edges.
- limit
- An outer extent, not necessarily a line dividing properties.