ch1 vocabulray Flashcards
real property
land, attachments, and appurtenances
personal property
anything that is not real property. Its main characteristic is movability.
appurtenance
a right incidental to the land that is transferred with it.
riparian rights
the water rights of a landowner whose land borders on a stream or other FLOWING water. Riparian rights allow only reasonable use of the water.
Littoral property
land bordered by a stationary body of water, such as a lake or a pond.
appropriative rights-
water right established by obtaining a government permit, and not based on ownership of land beside a body of water.
lateral support
the support that a piece of land receives from the surrounding land
subjacent support
the support that a piece of land receives from the underlying earth
emblements
crops, such as wheat, produced annually through the labor of cultivator
trade fixtures
personal property attached to real property by a tenant for use in his trade or business. Trade fixtures are removable by the tenant.
metes and bounds
a system of land description in which the boundaries of a parcel of land described by reference to monuments, courses, and distances.
monument
a visible marker (natural or artificial) used in a survey or a metes and bounds description to establish the boundaries of a piece of property
point of beginning-
the starting point of a metes and bounds description; a monument or a point described by reference to a monument.
course
in a metes and bounds description, a direction, stated in terms of a compass bearing
distance
in a metes and bounds description, the length of a boundary, measured in any convenient unit of length.
government survey
a system of land description in which the land is divided into squares called townships, and each township is, in turn, divided into 36 sections, each one square mile or 640 acres.
range
in the government survey system, strip of land six miles wide, running north and south
township
in the government survey system, strip of land six miles wide, running east and west.
section
one square mile of land, containing 640 acres. there are 36 sections in a township
government lot
in the government survey system, a parcel of land that is not regular section (irregular shape due to the curvature of the earth)
recorded map
the sytem of description used for subdivided land. the properties within a subdivision are assigned lot numbers on a plat map, which is then recorded. the location and dimensions of a particular lot can be determined by consulting the recorded plat.
air lot
a parcel of property above the surface of the earth, not containing any land. for example, a condominium unit on the third floor of the building occupies an air lot.
