摘要：Process Measurement and Demarcation of Land are for historical studies in important manuscript sources that bring together the records of some of the processes of revalidation and legitimating of property provided for in Article 5 of Law no. 601 of September 18, 1850, and then called the Land Law. In general, documentation is a court, in which the owner or leaseholder should prove to be the rightful owner of the land they then occupied, in addition to defining the boundaries of your property. Given the concerns surrounding the study of agrarian history, we would say that this documentation has the merit of revealing the reasons of the squatters, sesmeiro and occupiers of land on the need to measure and demarcate their land, the possible conflicts between the applicants and confrontational; conflictual relations with local authorities, the importance of the role of witnesses and the network of personal relationships and influences of those who wanted to legitimize the land, not to mention that reveals the ways in some cases, illicit trod by squatters to ensure the provision of Title of land. Considering these diverse possibilities of using the Process Measuring, will occupy us further in pointing out that this documentation is an important record of aspects of the countryside in Brazil, mainly because it contains detailed descriptions of the properties during the visit of the judges to verify the commissioners and effective culture habits abode, and upon completion of work to measure and demarcate the land.
关键词：Process Metering; Agrarian History; ;Property Brazil; Nineteenth Century
