INDEX

index,n.1. An alphabetized listing of the topics or other items included in a single book or document, or in a series of volumes, usu. found at the end of the book, document, or series <index of authorities>.

grantee–grantor index.An index, usu. kept in the county recorder’s office, alphabetically listing by grantee the volume and page number of the grantee’s recorded property transactions. • In some jurisdictions, the grantee–grantor index is combined with the grantor–grantee index. [Cases:

Records 8. C.J.S. Records §§ 15–16.]

grantor–grantee index.An index, usu. kept in the county recorder’s office, alphabetically listing by grantor the volume and page number of the grantor’s recorded property transactions. [Cases: Records 8; Vendor and Purchaser 231. C.J.S. Records §§ 15–16; Vendor and Purchaser

§ 496.]

tract index.An index, usu. kept in the county recorder’s office, listing, by location of each parcel of land, the volume and page number of the recorded property transactions affecting the parcel. [Cases: Records 8; Vendor and Purchaser 231. C.J.S. Records §§ 15–16; Vendor and

Purchaser § 496.]

2. A number, usu. expressed in the form of a percentage or ratio, that indicates or measures a series of observations, esp. those involving a market or the economy <cost-of-living index> <stock index>.

advance-decline index.A stock-market indicator showing the cumulative net difference

between stock-price advances and declines.

[Blacks Law 8th]