@jon-payne Two issues here. First, few cases are elevated to the federal courts. Some are, so I'll give you that. Second, the rule will not allow th...

@mathteacher In practical terms, I would disect it. Ordinates (plural), Co (together). That logic certainly butchers some language rule, somewhere. T...

@mathteacher Your first example is of a single line. The other 'ordinate' is the value of the baseline, presumably zero. The concept of ordinates (an...

The abscissa is a specific type of ordinate, the same as a height.

The spelling and definition of ordinate have been fairly consistent back to new latin. I did expand on the dictionary definition to include other type...

Does the plat have a written description and Certificate of Owners? If that description uses the same dimensions and calls it the river you have your ...

Does the plat have a written description and Certificate of Owners? If that description uses the same dimensions and calls it the river you have your ...

@terminologist The logic may loosely apply, but the words 'ordinate' and 'coordinate' have edtablished and distinct meanings. An ordinate is a line, p...

@not-my-real-name The rules of evidence are consistent across many jurisdictions. If the other side objects and the notes do not meet the standard, th...

Several years ago, I started using a small whiteboard in my monument photos. I write corner location, date, direction of photo, and anything else deem...

The rules of evidence often require contemporaneous notes to be in a bound book, no erasures, and pages serially numbered. I had that exact issue come...

Northings, eastings, and heights are not coordinates, they are ordinates. When ordinates are paired they become COordinates... Trivia note... For som...

The elements given are often a clue to the spiral type. The era and source of the alignment are also clues. Any found monuments with evidence of relia...

The proper language may exist in the highway take deed. If not it's fairly simple. Thence along the right of way descriped in deed instrumrnt number ...

Good old geology hammer for me. It can chew through asphalt like butter.

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The tasks numbered one and two in the OP blow by two things that must be said. Task One is recognizing evidence before locating anything. Artificial ...