Chapter 2

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Trade fixture

Question 2

Any property that is not real property.

Answer 2

Personal property

Question 3

Increases in the land resulting from the deposit of soil by the natural action of water.

Answer 3

Accretion

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Bundle of legal rights

Question 5

The interests, benefits, and rights automatically included in the ownership of land and real estate.

Answer 5

Real property

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Air rights

Question 7

Common law rights granted to owners of land along the course of a river, stream, or similar body of water.

Answer 7

Riparian rights

Question 8

Ownership rights IN the water, minerals, gas, and oil that lie beneath a parcel of land

Answer 8

Subsurface rights

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Fixture

Question 10

An structure or modification erected or imposed on a site.

Answer 10

Improvement

Question 11

Changing an item of real estate to personal property by detaching it from the land.

Answer 11

Severance

Question 12

Ownership rights excluding air or mineral rights.

Answer 12

Surface rights

Question 13

Common law right of owners of land next to rivers, lakes, or oceans.

Answer 13

Water rights

Question 14

Another name for personal property.

Answer 14

Chattels

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Emblements