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The SoLR Land Referencing Glossary of Technical Terms brings together terminology used across the profession, including specialist expressions, abbreviations and commonly used jargon. It is intended as an advisory resource and is not legally definitive or exhaustive. Entries may be updated as professional practice develops.

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General Boundary Rule

In land registration (especially in England & Wales), a rule that advises that the property title plans show boundaries in their general location, not their precise legal line, because maps are not perfectly accurate; the exact boundary relies on deeds, physical features (fences, walls), and history. Given the difficulties referred to above in establishing the position of the legal boundary, the great majority of registered titles show only the ’general boundaries’ (see s.60(1) of the Land Registration Act 2002)

Updated: 01/10/2026

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