Glossary       abstract - history of a piece of property from beginning to end, including any incident affecting the property.     abstracting - extracting records for a particular tract of land to establish ownership     fugatious       minerals - minerals that move towards reduced pressure     landman - makes contact with land and mineral owners to negotiate leases, contacts abstracters to establish ownership in order to finalize lease negotiation     patent - first sale out of sovereign state or federal government     scout - examines the activities of other oil companies    Back

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