TEXAS REAL ESTATE LAW
Chapter 3
Legal Descriptions
,Legal Descriptions
• How can you precisely describe real estate so
that it can be properly conveyed,
encumbered and contracted for?
– The general rule for legal description in Texas is the
nucleus of description theory
– To comply with the Statutes of Conveyance and the
Statute of Frauds:
• “the writing must furnish within itself, or by reference to some
other existing writing, the means or data by which the
particular land to be conveyed may be identified with
reasonable certainty.”
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, Legal Descriptions (continued)
• Reasonable Certainty is all that the law requires.
– “Upon such certainty we act in all the highest concerns of
life, and it is sufficient for the purposes of the law”
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Chapter 3
Legal Descriptions
,Legal Descriptions
• How can you precisely describe real estate so
that it can be properly conveyed,
encumbered and contracted for?
– The general rule for legal description in Texas is the
nucleus of description theory
– To comply with the Statutes of Conveyance and the
Statute of Frauds:
• “the writing must furnish within itself, or by reference to some
other existing writing, the means or data by which the
particular land to be conveyed may be identified with
reasonable certainty.”
© OnCourse Learning 2
, Legal Descriptions (continued)
• Reasonable Certainty is all that the law requires.
– “Upon such certainty we act in all the highest concerns of
life, and it is sufficient for the purposes of the law”
© OnCourse Learning 3
