Chapter 2

Question 1

Accretion

Answer 1

Gradual additions to land, by deposits of sand or soil, by bordering waters through natural causes.

Question 2

Avulsion

Answer 2

The sudden removal of land of one owner and depositing on the land of another when a stream changes its channel.

Question 3

Bundle of Rights

Answer 3

Ownership concept in real estate that embraces the rights of possession, use, encumber, enjoyment, and disposition.

Disposition
Enjoyment
Exclusion
Possession
Control

Question 4

Corporeal

Answer 4

That which pertains to a right or rights of a visible and tangible nature.

Question 5

Emblements

Answer 5

Trees or crops that are cultivated annually; the right of a tenant to harvest the annual crop even after his tenancy has ended.

Question 6

Hereditaments

Answer 6

Every sort of inheritable property, whether corporeal, incorporeal, real, personal or mixed.

Question 7

Improvements

Answer 7

All real estate except land. Includes buildings, fixtures, fences, curbs, sewers, etc.

Question 8

Incorporeal

Answer 8

Intangible; without physical existence.

Question 9

Reliction

Answer 9

Gradual recession of water from the usual watermark.

Question 10

Riparian Rights

Answer 10

The right of a landowner to the use of water on or adjacent to his land.

You cannot dam and stop the flow or change the direction.

Question 11

Mineral rights

Answer 11

State

Question 12

Littoral rights

Answer 12

Applies to property bordering non-flowing water.