thence

The word that separates one call from the next: "from there, continue…".

The connector used between calls in a legal description. Each "thence" means the walk continues from the corner just reached, so counting them is a quick way to count the boundary legs on a page.

Where you'll see it

Surveying Basics

How to Read a Metes and Bounds Description

Deeds are written in their own language. Here is how to walk one line by line — and what the closure math is actually telling you at the end.

Related terms in Anatomy of a Description

call easement legal description metes and bounds monument parcel point of beginning right of way

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