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RE LEGAL 02TERMS
RE Legal Unit 02Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| air rights | Rights to the air space above the property |
| appropriative water rights | Right to take riparian surface water for a beneficial use on non-adjacent property |
| appurtenances | All rights, privileges, and improvements that belong to and pass with the transfer of the property, but that are not necessarily a part of the actual property |
| benchmark | Survey reference mark made on a monument indicating a known location and elevation |
| block | Contiguous group of lots generally bounded by man-made features, such as streets or natural features, such as creeks |
| bundle of rights | All legal rights attached to the ownership of property |
| emblements | Annual crops cultivated by tenant farmers and sharecroppers |
| fixture | Anything permanently attached to real property |
| fructus industriales | Annual crops produced by human labor, such as fruits, nuts, vegetables, and grains |
| fructus naturales | Naturally occurring plant growth, such as grasses, trees, and shrubs as part of the real property |
| groundwater | Water beneath the surface of the land filling the spaces and cavities between the rocks and soil |
| lateral support | Landowners’ right to have their land in its natural condition held in place from the sides by adjoining land so that it will not fall away |
| legal description | Written description of a particular parcel of land identifying it as precisely as possible |
| lot | Single parcel of land within a subdivision |
| metes and bounds | Oldest method used to describe real property |
| personal property | Moveable items not permanently attached to land |
| plat | Subdivision map showing the location and boundaries of lots, street rights-of-way, project name, and easements |
| point of beginning | Point from which a metes and bounds survey begins |
| real property | Land, anything permanently attached to the land, anything appurtenant to the land, or anything immovable by law |
| riparian rights | Right of an owner of property bordering a surface water source to use the water |
| subjacent support | Absolute right of the property owner to have his or her land supported from beneath its surface |
| subsurface rights | Rights to the natural resources, such as minerals, oil, and gas below the surface |
| survey | Professional measurement of a tract of land with its boundaries, contents, and location relative to other property |
| township | Grid of square, each six miles by six miles (36 square miles) |
| usufructuary rights | Rights limited to reasonable and beneficial use |
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