Fixture - answerWhat term describes a personal property item that has been converted
to real property by attachment to real estate?
Subsurface Rights - answerWhat rights apply to land beneath the surface of the real
estate parcel extending from its surface boundaries downward to the center of the
earth?
Lateral Support - answerWhat refers to support provided by the adjacent property, such
as a landowner having a right to demand that a neighboring property owner does
nothing to cause the land to collapse?
Case Law - answerWhat type of law consists of decisions based on judicial precedent?
The Right to Encumber - answerWhat type of law consists of decisions based on judicial
precedent?
The Principal Meridian - answerWhat describes the principal north-south line used to
control descriptions for an entire state or more?
Land - answerThe legal concept of real estate encompasses all man-made structures
that are permanently attached to the land and:
tier - answerThe east-west area between two parallels is called a:
Real Property - answerPlants and crops that grow naturally, without requiring anyone's
labor or machinery, are considered:
The Land Ordinance of 1785 - answerWhat established the start of a public land survey
system in the United States?
Personal Property - answerIf a tenant installs a fixture in order to conduct business, the
fixture may be considered a trade fixture, which is the tenant's:
Metes and Bounds - answerWhat system uses physical features of the local geography,
along with directions and distances, to define and describe the boundaries of a parcel of
land?
, Avulsion - answerWhat describes the sudden decrease of land by flowing water or
waves often caused by hurricanes and other storms?
Benchmarks - answerWhat do surveyors use to identify local elevation markers to
provide reference elevations for nearby properties?
Emblements - answerA field of corn is an example of
Chattel Fixture - answerA trade fixture is also known as a(n)
Riparian Rights - answerWhat type of rights concern properties abutting moving water,
such as streams and rivers?
Air Rights - answerWhat type of rights apply to the space above the surface boundaries
of the parcel, as delineated by imaginary vertical lines extended to infinity?
Bundle of Rights - answerThe set of rights an owner has to enjoy an item are called
6 Months - answerLenders typically require a survey that is dated within how many
months of the closing date?
north-south. - answerLongitude lines run:
recorded plat method. - answerThe lot and block system is also called
6 - answerA township is a square with how many miles on each side?
land and all man-made structures that are permanently attached to the land. -
answerThe legal concept of real estate encompasses:
Real estate - answerAir, water, land, and everything affixed to the land is a simple
definition of:
The right to exclude - answerWhat gives property owners the legal right to keep others
off the property and to prosecute trespassers?
A location survey - answerWhat type of survey is a boundary survey with the additional
location of all the interior improvements?
Case law - answerWhat type of law consists of decisions based on judicial precedent?
Riparian Rights - answerWhat type of rights concern properties abutting moving water,
such as streams and rivers?
Lot and Block - answerWhich method is most frequently used in metropolitan areas?
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