Nature And Description Of Real Estate

Question 1

Real Estate/Real Property

Answer 1

Land and the improvement made to land, and the rights to use them

Question 2

Fixture

Answer 2

An object that has been attached to land so as to become real estate

Question 3

Improvement

Answer 3

And form of land development, such as buildings, roads, fences, and pipelines

Question 4

Meridians

Answer 4

Imaginary lines running north and south, used as references in mapping land

Question 5

Metes and Bounds

Answer 5

A detailed method of land description that identifies a parcel by specifying its shape and boundaries

Question 6

Monument

Answer 6

An iron pipe, stone, tree, or other fixed point used in making a survey

Question 7

Personal property

Answer 7

A right or interest in things of temporary or moveable nature; anything not classified as real property

Question 8

Recorded plat

Answer 8

A subdivision map filed in the county’s recorder’s office that shows the location and boundaries of individual parcels of land

Question 9

Riparian right

Answer 9

The right of a landowner whose land borders a river or stream to use and enjoy the water