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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Doctrine of capture | grants ownership of fluid minerals to the party who extracts them |
| Easement | irrevocable right to the limited use of another's land |
| Restrictive convenant | promise as a part of a contract or deed limiting the owner's use of the realty |
| Zoning ordinance | law adopted by a city or county to regulate the location of residential, business, and industrial districts |
| Spot zoning | treatment of a single property in a manner inconsistent with the treatment of similar properties in the area |
| Variance | granted by a city or county to allow a landowner to make some use of his or her land that is inconsistent with the general zoning ordinance |
| Trespass | to be on the land of another without right or permission of the owne |
| Estate | bundle of ownership rights in, and powers over, realty; also, property of the deceased |
| Conveyance | transfer of an estate from a grantor to a grantee by a deed |
| Fee simple absolute | greatest possible bundle of rights and interests in realty |
| Deed | legal document used to transfer ownership of real property |
| Adverse possession | method of acquiring title to another's land by continuously occupying it in an adverse, open, and notorious fashion for a prescribed period of years |
| Eminent domain | power of the government to take private property for public use in exchange for the fair market price |