How to pronounce “metes and bounds”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The limits of a piece of land as defined by reference to lines and/or points on the land.
• (surveying) A description of a piece of land consisting of both measurements (metes) of the land and owners of land which is adjacent to (bounds) it.

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