Ch. 2

Question 1

Air Rights

Answer 1

The right to use the open space above the surface of a property.

Question 2

Trade Fixtures

Answer 2

An article installed by a tenant under a commercial lease, removable before the lease expires.

Question 3

Personal Property

Answer 3

Any property that is not real property.

Question 4

Annexation

Answer 4

Conversion of personal property to real property.

Question 5

Bundle of Legal Rights

Answer 5

Ownership of all legal rights to the land: control, possession, exclusion, enjoyment and disposition.

Question 6

Real Property

Answer 6

The interests, benefits and rights of owning real estate.

Question 7

Real Estate

Answer 7

Land, plus all human-made improvements to the land that are permanently attached to it.

Question 8

Subsurface Rights

Answer 8

Ownership rights in the water, minerals, gas and oil that lie BENEATH a parcel of land.

Question 9

Fixtures

Answer 9

Personal property that is converted to real property by being permanently attached to the realty.

Question 10

Improvements

Answer 10

Any artificial thing attached on or below ground, such as a building, fence, pipes, and landscapes.

Question 11

Severence

Answer 11

Separating anything from the land transferring it from real property to personal property.

Question 12

Surface Rights

Answer 12

Ownership rights excluding air or mineral rights.

Question 13

Water Rights

Answer 13

Common-law (historical) or statutory rights held by owners of land adjacent to rivers, lakes, or oceans and are restrictions on the rights of land ownership.

Question 14

Chattels

Answer 14

Another name for personal property.

Question 15

Emblements

Answer 15

Growing crops such as corn or soybeans that remain personal property.

Question 16

Accession

Answer 16

Acquiring title to additions or improvements to real property as a result of the annexation of fixtures or the accretion of alluvial deposits along the banks of streams.

Question 17

Accretion

Answer 17

The increase or addition of land by the deposit of sand or soil washed up naturally from a river, lake, or sea.

Question 18

Appurtenance

Answer 18

A right, privilege, or improvement belonging to, and passing with, the land; “runs with the land.”

Question 19

Area Preference

Answer 19

People’s desire for one area over another, based on a number of factors such as history, reputation, convenience, scenic beauty , and location.

Question 20

Avulsion

Answer 20

The sudden tearing away of land, as by earthquake, flood, volcanic action, or the sudden change in the course of a stream.

Question 21

Erosion

Answer 21

The gradual and sometimes imperceptible wearing away of the land by natural forces, such as wind, rain, and flowing water.

Question 22

Land

Answer 22

The earth’s surface, extending downward to the center of the earth and upward infinitely into space, including things permanently attached by nature, such as trees.

Question 23

Littoral Rights

Answer 23

1) A landowner’s claim to use water in large navigable lakes and oceans adjacent to her property. 2) The ownership rights to land bordering these bodies of water up to the high-water mark.

Question 24

Manufactured Housing

Answer 24

Dwellings that are built off site and trucked to a building lot where they are installed or assembled.

Question 25

Nonhomogeneity

Answer 25

A lack of uniformity; dissimilarity. Because no two parcels of land are exactly alike, real estate is said to be nonhomogeneous.

Question 26

Prior Appropriation

Answer 26

A concept of water ownership in which the landowner’s right to use available water is based on a government-administered permit system.

Question 27

Riparian Rights

Answer 27

An owner’s rights in land that borders on or includes a stream, river or lake. These rights include access to and use of the water.

Question 28

Situs

Answer 28

The location of land for legal purposes; the jurisdiction in which land is located.