Subdivision

(verb) 1) Subdivision of a township into section, 2) Subdivision of a section into half-sections, quarter-sections, sixteenth- sections or sixty-fourth-sections, or into lots, according to the Manual of Surveying Instructions. 3) The process of surveying such subdivisions. 4) In the private practice of land survey, subdivision is the division of an area into lots, streets, right-of-way, easements and accessories, usually according to State law and local regulations-noun) A particular aliquot part, lot, or parcel of land described according to the official plat of its cadastral survey.