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Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UA (Land Status Records)Ā ā Unit Agreement.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UINTAH SPEC MER (Land Status Records)Ā ā Uintah Special Meridian.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNAPPROP (Land Status Records)Ā ā Unappropriated.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNDET (Land Status Records)Ā ā Undermined.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNDGD (Land Status Records)Ā ā Underground.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNSUR (Land Status Records)Ā ā Unsurveyed.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UR (Land Status Records)Ā ā Uranium.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USAF (Land Status Records)Ā ā United States Air Force.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USC (Land Status Records)Ā ā United States Code.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā U.S.C.A.Ā ā United States Code Annotated.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USC & GSĀ ā United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USC SUPPĀ ā Supplement to U.S. Code.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USDAĀ ā United States Department of Agriculture.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USFSĀ ā United States Forest Service.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USGS (Land Status Records)Ā ā United States Geological Survey.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USLMĀ - United States Location Monument.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USMM āĀ United States Mineral Monument. The term was formerly used when a monument was established in
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā connection with a mineral survey; it is seen in older field notes and on monuments established prior to its
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā discontinuation, though the preferred term is now Location Monument. See LOCATION MONUMENT, USLM.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USMSĀ ā United States Mineral Survey.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USS (Land Status Records)Ā ā United States Survey.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā U.S.ST. at L.Ā ā United States Statutes at Large. Also sometimes U.S. Stats.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UTĀ ā Utah.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UTE MER (Land Status Records)Ā ā Ute Meridian.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UTMĀ ā Universal Transverse Mercator.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNAPPROPRIATED PUBLIC LANDSĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā See VACANT AND UNAPPROPRIATED PUBLIC DOMAIN LANDS.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNAPPROVED SURVEYĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā ā A cadastral survey which has not, for whatever reason, reached the status of an accepted
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā survey. See ACCEPTED SURVEY.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UINTAH SPECIAL MERIDIANĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā ā The Uintah Meridian governs surveys in a small part of Utah. It was adopted in
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 1875.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UMIAT MERIDIANĀ Ā Ā ā The principal meridian governing surveys in the northern part of Alaska. It was adopted in
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā 1956.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNITED STATES CODEĀ Ā Ā Ā ā A compilation, under 50 subjects, or titles, of the general and permanent laws of the
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā United States in force as of an indicated date. Most of the statutes governing the operations of the Bureau of Land
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Management appear in Title 43,Ā āPublic Lands,āĀ and title 30,Ā āMineral Lands and Mining.āĀ Many laws relating to
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Alaska are found in Title 48,Ā āTerritories and Insular Possessions.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALSĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā Sometimes U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals. The middle level of the
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā federal judicial hierarchy. There is one such court in each of the 11 judicial circuits into which the United States is
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā divided. As the name indicates, the jurisdiction is exclusively appellate; they have no original jurisdiction. In cases
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā where a court of appeals has held a State statute invalid because of repugnancy to the Constitution or a law or treaty
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā of the United States, an appeal may be taken to the Supreme Court. In all other cases its decisions are final except as
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā they may be reviewed by the Supreme Court at the latterās discretion. See UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā and SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTSĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā ā The lowest level of the federal judicial hierarchy, whose jurisdiction may
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā include a whole state or only part of it. NoĀ ādistrict ā crosses state boundaries. These are the only Federal courts
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā where juries are used. They have no appellate jurisdiction; District courts have original jurisdiction of civil cases at
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā common law, in equity, in admiralty, in the enforcement of Acts of Congress and of all prosecutions for crime
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā recognized under the authority of the United States. See UNITED STATES COURTS OF APPEALS and
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNITED STATES LOCATION MONUMENTĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā When a U.S. Survey or a Mineral Survey is situated in an area
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā where there are no corners of the public land surveys and no other monuments within two miles, aĀ ālocation
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā monumentāĀ is established for permanent reference of the surveys in that vicinity. Similar monuments were formerly
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā designated United States Mineral Monuments.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNITED STATES MINERAL MONUMENTĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā A term formerly used. See UNITED STATES LOCATION
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā MONUMENT.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNITED STATES STATUTES AT LARGEĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā Laws passed during each session of Congress are, at the end of the
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā session, printed in a bound volume entitledĀ United States Statutes at Large.Ā The public laws and private laws are
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā printed in separate sections. Within each section the laws are arranged chronologically by the date of their approval.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā When cited, the volume number should precede the abbreviation,Ā Stat.,Ā and the page of the volume on which the
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā statute appears should follow it. For example, 17 Stat. 91 is a citation to a statute which may be found on page 91 of
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Volume 17 of the Statutes at Large.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNITED STATES SUPERVISOR OF SURVEYSĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā An officer in charge of the survey of the public lands from 1910
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā until 1946. See SURVEYOR GENERAL, CADASTRAL ENGINEERING STAFF OFFICER and CHIEF,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā DIVISION OF CADASTRAL SURVEYS.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTIONĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā A special case of the transverse Mercator projection.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā o
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Abbreviated as the UTM grid, it consists of 60 north-south zones, each 6Ā wide in longitude.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNORGANIZED MINING DISTRICTĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā Where land office forms, or other forms, have a space to indicateĀ āMining
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā DistrictāĀ and there is, in fact, no organized mining district, the form is completed by writing the words,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā āunorganized mining district.āĀ See ORGANIZED MINING DISTRICT and MINERAL DISTRICT.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNPERFECTED ENTRYĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā ā See ENTRY UNPERFECTED.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNRECORDED DEEDĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā ā A conveyance of title not registered or recorded according to state statutes.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNRESERVED PUBLIC LANDSĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā Public lands which have not been withdrawn or reserved for general purposes.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā The public lands which are not affected by a general order of withdrawal, by a mineral withdrawal for classification,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā or by inclusion within a grazing district under the Taylor Grazing Act, are considered unreserved public lands since
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā they are subject to classification and disposal.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UNSURVEYED LANDSĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā ā Lands not yet surveyed. Fractional section surveys, for example, leave unsurveyed land
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā within a section. The land is known to exist, but the survey has either not yet been authorized or has not yet, for
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā whatever reason, been completed. See COMPLETION SURVEY.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UPLANDSĀ Ā ā 1) Land situated above ordinary high water. 2) Land situated above riparian land or land adjacent to
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā riparian areas but remote from the body of water and having no riparian rights. See ORDINARY HIGH WATER.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā URBAN DISTRICTSĀ Ā Ā ā Thickly settled areas (whether in cities or suburbs) or areas where congested traffic often
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā occurs. A highway, even though in the country, on which the traffic is often very heavy, is considered to be urban.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā URBAN SUBDIVISIONĀ Ā Ā ā A division of property into two or more parcels, usually with street dedications, performed
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā and recorded by a surveyor according to state law and local regulations.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USE PLATĀ ā A copy of the master title plat and any supplemental master title plats of a township. Use plats show, in
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā addition to the status shown on the master title plat, information concerning use of the lands, such as applications,
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā leases and permits. See MASTER TITLE PLAT and SUPPLEMENTAL MASTER TITLE PLAT.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā U.S. SURVEYĀ ā A metes and bounds survey executed to comply with one of various regulations for entry of Public
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Lands.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā USQUE AD FILUM AQUAE (OR VIAEĀ Ā Ā Ā ) ā Up to the middle of the stream (or road).
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā UTE MERIDIANĀ Ā Ā ā The principal meridian governing surveys in a small area in Colorado; it was adopted in 1880.
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