Land Elements, Waters, Accretion

Question 1

Accretion

Answer 1

an increase in land area due to the permanent retreat of the high-water mark of a waterfront property

Question 2

Avulsion

Answer 2

a sudden loss of land, which results from the action of water.

(It differs from accretion, which describes a gradual addition to land resulting from the action of water.)

Question 3

Corporeal

Answer 3

tangible

Question 4

Incorporeal

Answer 4

Intangible

Question 5

Hereditament

Answer 5

properties or rights connected with ownership that can be passed on to one’s heirs upon death

Question 6

Emblement

Answer 6

Annual crops grown on someone else’s land (fructose industrials).

The crops are treated as the tenant’s personal property and not the landowner’s. If a tenant somehow loses possession of the land on which the crops grow, the tenant is still allowed to finish raising the crops and harvesting them. Personal Property.

Question 7

Land

Answer 7

Earth’s surface and it’s extension up to infinity and down ward to the center of the earth.

Question 8

Fructus naturles

Answer 8

trees, crops, shrubs, and other natural growth that do not require annual cultivation or planting. Considered part of the land. Real Property.

Question 9

Real Estate

Answer 9

Consists of lands, tenements and hereditaments.

Question 10

Reliction

Answer 10

The increase in land caused by the gradual recession, shrinkage, or change in course of a body of water

Question 11

All of the following are synonymous with land and improvements and rights therein except:
(A) Real estate
(B) Real property
(C) Relator
(D) Realty

Answer 11

(C) Relator

Question 12

In real estate, the term "improvements" most nearly means:
(A) Fences, wells, drains, and roadways
(B) Additions to the original structure
(C) Everything tangible except the land
(D) Outbuildings

Answer 12

(C) Everything tangible except the land

Question 13

The right of ownership, the right to use, possesses, enjoy, and dispose of a thing in every legal way and to exclude everyone else without rights from interfering is called: 
(A) Corporeal ownership
(B) Incorporeal ownership
(C) Bundle of rights
(D) Survivorship

Answer 13

(C) Bundle of rights

Question 14

Hawaii mineral rights usually belong to:
(A) Federal government
(B) County government
(C) Private land owners
(D) State of Hawaii

Answer 14

(D) State of Hawaii

Question 15

The boundary of a property can be changed by:
I. Accretion
II. Encroachment 
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) Both I and II
(D) Neither I nor II

Answer 15

(A) Accretion

Question 16

A riparian owner is one who owns lands bounding on:
(A) Municipal property
(B) Waterway
(C) National forest
(D) Unsurveyed public lands

Answer 16

(B) Waterway

Question 17

Land, in a physical sense, may be said to include:
I. The surface of the earth and subsurface
II. The air above the surface
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) Both I and II
(D) Neither

Answer 17

(C) Both

Question 18

Riparian rights are those rights possessed by:
I. An owner living in a townhouse subdivision
II. An owner living next to a waterway
(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) Both
(D) Neither

Answer 18

(B) II only

Question 19

Under Hawaii State Law, the boundary line between public and private shoreline property is determined by:
(A) Stakes in the sand
(B) High wash of the waves
(C) Mean high tide mark
(D) The building lines

Answer 19

(B) High wash of the waves

Question 20

The owner of land in Hawaii most commonly owns which of the following
(A) Air rights
(B) Mineral rights
(C) Geothermal rights
(D) Oil rights

Answer 20

(A) Air rights