Chapter 2 Nature of Real Property

Question 1

air rights

Answer 1

The real property rights to the reasonable use of the airspace above the surface of the land.

Question 2

appurtance

Answer 2

Anything affixed (attached) to or used with the land for its benefit that is transferred with the land.

Question 3

base line

Answer 3

imaginary line that runs east-west and intersect meridians that run north-south to from the the starting point for land measurement using the rectangular survey system of land description.

Question 4

bill of sale

Answer 4

Written instrument that conveys title to personal property.

Question 5

bundle of rights

Answer 5

The legal rights of ownership of real property, including the rights of possession of use, disposition , and exclusion of others from the property.

Question 6

civil law

Answer 6

Legal system base on laws and regulations, without the influence of judicial decisions as in the common law system.

Question 7

common law

Answer 7

The body of law from England based on custom, usage,

and court decisions.

Question 8

community property

Answer 8

All property acquired by husband and wife during marriage except that qualifying as separate property.

Question 9

corrective line

Answer 9

A correction system that corrects for the curvature of the earth when measured when using a rectangular system.

Question 10

correlative use

Answer 10

It allows use of reasonable as long it does not affect your neighbors use

Question 11

emblements

Answer 11

Crops produced annually by labor and industry as distinguished from crops that grow naturally on the land

Question 12

fixture

Answer 12

Anything permanently attached to land or improvements so as to become real property

Question 13

fructus industriales

Answer 13

Plant growth that is the result of cultivation

Question 14

fructus naturales

Answer 14

Plant growth that does not require cultivation, such as natural trees, grasses. and shrubbery

Question 15

guide meridian

Answer 15

same as correction lines a measure system

Question 16

land

Answer 16

The earth surface

Question 17

legal description

Answer 17

A land description used to define a parcel of land to the exclusion of all others that is acceptable by a court of law.

Question 18

littoral rights

Answer 18

Rights to use of water from a lake or other body of still water by adjoining property owners

Question 19

lot and block system

Answer 19

Subdivision system: method of legal description of land using parcel maps identified by tract, block, and lot numbers.

Question 20

markers

Answer 20

description of land using distances

Question 21

meridians

Answer 21

Imaginary lines that run north to south and intersect base lines that run east to west.

Question 22

meters and bounds

Answer 22

Description of land using distances (called metes) 
Artificial boundaries (called bounds)

Question 23

minerals rights

Answer 23

A right of the owner of real estate to explore for and remove solid, liquid and gaseous substances from the property

Question 24

monuments

Answer 24

Metes and bounds as well as single objects called monuments of markers as point of reference

Question 25

personal property

Answer 25

All property that is not real property

Question 26

plat map

Answer 26

Subdivision map showing division of property into tracts, blocks, and lots.

Question 27

point of beginning

Answer 27

The place at which a legal description using metes and bounds starts.

Question 28

ranges

Answer 28

In the rectangular survey system of land description, townships running east and west of a meridian.

Question 29

real estate

Answer 29

Real property; land includes the surface of the earth

Question 30

real property

Answer 30

Also known as real property, Anything incidental or appurtenant to the land.

Question 31

rectangular survey system

Answer 31

Section and township system: method of legal description of land using areas called townships measure from the meridians and base line.

Question 32

right of approparation

Answer 32

Right of government to take, impound, or divert water flowing on the public domain from its natural course for some beneficial purpose.

Question 33

riparian rights

Answer 33

The right of landowner whose property borders a lake, river, or stream to the use of enjoyment of the water adjacent to oar flowing over the property.

Question 34

section

Answer 34

A standard land area of one mile square containing 640 acres, used in the rectangular survey system of land description

Question 35

section and township system

Answer 35

A U.S. government survey system

Question 36

subdivision system

Answer 36

lot and block system

Question 37

tiers

Answer 37

In the rectangular survey system of land description, townships running north and south of base line.

Question 38

township

Answer 38

A standard land are of six miles square, divided into 36 sections of one mile square each

Question 39

underground water rights

Answer 39

Right to remove water from the aquifers and other sources below the surface of the land.

Question 40

U.S. government survey system

Answer 40

A rectangular survey system

Question 41

water rights

Answer 41

Right to use of water found at surface of land and underground.