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56 Cards in this Set
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Chapter 1 Accession |
The acquisition of title by the owner of real property to those things attached to the property by others, such as tenant or trespassers or by nature |
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Acre |
A measure of land area equal to 43,560 square feet.
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Chapter 1 Air Lot |
A designated air space over a parcel of land. In condominiums, each individual unit occupies a separate air lot. |
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Chapter 1 Air Rights |
The right to use and enjoy the air space above a parcel of land. Such rights may be leased or sold separately from the land. |
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Chapter 1 Appurtenance |
Anything that may be used with the land for it's benefit and goes to the new owner when ownership of the land is transferred. Mineral rights, air rights, water rights, easements, improvements, and natural attachments are appurtenant to the land. |
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Chapter 1 Artificial Monuments |
Man-made objects such as streets, fences, iron pins, concrete posts, etc. |
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Chapter 1 Baseline |
Certain reference lines which run east and west; used in the rectangular survey system to locate land. |
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Chapter 1 Bench Mark |
A permanent reference point of known location used by surveyors. A bench mark may be a point established by a government survey team or a fixed monument such as a road right-of-way. |
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Chapter 1 Bill of Sale |
A document which conveys ownership to personal property. |
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Chapter 1 Call |
The compass direction and distance for each boundary line |
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Chapter 1 Chattell |
Personal Property |
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Chapter 1
Closure |
The metes and bounds legal description must return to the point of beginning or the description is incomplete
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Chapter 1 Constructive Severance |
The transfer to someone other than the owner of the land the rights to remove attachments such as timber, or buildings, or the right to remove minerals
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Chapter 1 Contour Map (see Topography Map) |
A map that shows the elevations of the earth's surface.
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Chapter 1 Contour |
The shape of the earth's surface |
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Chapter 1 Correlative Rights |
The doctrine of law which allows riparian owners in certain states to use only a reasonable share of the water during periods of drought |
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Chapter 1 Datum |
A point of surface of known location from which heights and depths are measured. The basic point from which vertical land (air rights and mineral rights) is described. |
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Chapter 1 Emblements |
Crops that require annual cultivation. They are considered personal property even though attached to the land. Also called Frutus Industriales. |
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Chapter 1 Fixture |
An item that was once personal property but has become real property because of the manner in which it was attached to the land or its improvements. |
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Chapter 1 Fructus Industriales |
Crops that are planted and harvested each year. |
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Chapter 1 Fructus Naturales |
Growing things which require no annual cultivation. |
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Chapter 1 Government Survey (see Rectangular Survey) |
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Chapter 1 Improvements |
Any permanent, man-made attachment to the land, such as buildings, fences, roads, or pipelines. Also known as arterial attachment. |
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Chapter 1 Land |
An area which starts at the center of the earth, passes through the earth's surface and extends into space. |
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Chapter 1 Law of Capture |
The law which allows a well drilled on one property to extract oil or gas reserves from under adjoining properties |
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Chapter 1 Legal Description |
A description of land legally sufficient to distinguish it from all other parcels. |
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Chapter 1 Littoral Rights |
A landowners lawful claim to use and enjoy the water of a large lake or ocean bordering the owned property. |
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Chapter 1 Meridians |
Certain reference lines which run north and south used in the rectangular survey system to locate land. The North-South line on the compass. |
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Chapter 1 Metes and Bounds |
A method of legally describing land by measuring directions and distances of it's boundary lines. |
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Chapter 1 Mineral Rights |
A landowner's legal interest in minerals below the surface of his land. Such rights are considered to be appurtenant tot he land and may be sold or leased separately |
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Chapter 1 Monument |
A fixed point or object used to denote the end point of a boundary line in a metes and bounds description. |
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Chapter 1 Natural Monuments |
Trees, streams, rocks, etc. |
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Chapter 1 Navigable Water |
A waterway open to the public for commercial boat traffic. |
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Chapter 1 Non-homogeniety |
A characteristic of land which holds that no two parcels are exactly alike because each parcel has its own unique location |
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Chapter 1 Percolating Water |
Underground water not confined to a specific waterway, channel, or stream |
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Chapter 1 Personal Property |
Anything of a movable nature capable of being owned that is not considered real property. Also known as personality or chattel. |
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Chapter 1 Plat of Survey |
A map or drawing that shows the location and boundaries of a land parcel, and in some cases, how the land is subdivided into lots. Also called a Plat Map |
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Chapter 1 Point of Beginning |
The starting point at one corner of a parcel of land described in a metes and bound legal description. |
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Chapter 1 Potable" Water |
Water which is pure enough to drink |
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Chapter 1 Principal Meridian |
One of the north-south reference lines used in the rectangular survey to locate land |
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Chapter 1 Property |
A specific object owned plus the rights of ownership. |
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Chapter 1 Range |
A six mile wide strip of land running north-south in a rectangular survey system.
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Chapter 1 Real Estate (Real Property) |
Land and attachments on it plus the rights to own and use them. Also known as real property or realty |
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Chapter 1 Recorded Plat |
A plat or map showing the location and boundaries of individual parcels of land that is filled in the public records in the county where the property is located. |
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Chapter 1 Rectangular Survey System |
A method of legally describing the surface of the land based upon a grid system formed by principal meridians, baselines, range lines, and township lines. Also known as the government survey system. |
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Chapter 1 Right of Lateral Support |
The right which protects the natural support of adjacent land in mining operations to extract minerals from below the surface of the earth. |
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Chapter 1 Riparian Rights |
A landowner's right to use and enjoy the water from a river, stream or lake which adjoins the owned land. |
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Chapter 1 Section |
A parcel of land in the rectangular survey system that is one mile square and contains six hundred forty (640) acres. |
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Chapter 1 Severance |
To remove something from the land, such as minerals or timber. |
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Chapter 1, 12 Situs |
Location; refers to people's preference for a given location. Area preference.
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Chapter 1 Spot Survey |
The process of locating the exact boundaries, shape, and area of a parcel of land. |
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Chapter 1, 5 Subdivision |
A parcel of land divided into a number of smaller lots, generally for the purpose of building new structures |
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Chapter 1 Topography |
The nature or shape of the earth's surface, such as hills, valleys, level, or rolling. AKA Contour |
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Chapter 1 Township |
A parcel of land in the rectangular survey system that is six miles square |
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Chapter 1, 10 Trade Fixture |
An item of personal property attached to the land or building leased by a tenant who uses the item in a trade or business. |
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Chapter 1 Water Rights |
A landowner's right to use and enjoy water adjacent to, underneath, or on the land |
