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Acre
A measure of land equaling 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet, or a tract about 208.71
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Admission Date
September 9, 1850
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Airspace
The reasonable space above a parcel; or in a condominium, the cubic area of a space within the walls.
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Base Lines
Imaginary east-west lines that intersect meridian lines to form a starting point for the measurement of land.
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Bill of Sale
A written instrument given to pass title of personal property from vendor to the vendee.
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Bundle of Rights
Beneficial interests or rights attached to the ownership of real property.
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Chattel Real
A personal property interest related to real estate, such as a lease on real property.
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Chattels
Goods or every species of property movable or immovable that are not real property.
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Commission
An agent's compensation for performing the duties of his/her agency; in real esate practice, a percentage of the selling price of property, percentage of rentals, etc.
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Condominium
A system of individual fee ownership of units in a multi-family structure, combined with joint ownership of common areas of the structure and the land. (Sometimes referred to as a Vertical Subdivision)
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Emblements
Crops (produced on leased land by a tenant farmer) from an annual cultivation considered personal property
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Fixtures
Appurtenances attached to the land or improvements, wich usually cannot be removed without agreement as they become real property. Examples: plumbing fixtures built into the property
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Meridian Lines
North-south surveyor lines which intersect base lines to form a starting point for the measurement of land.
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Metes and Bounds
A term used in describing the boundary lines of land, setting forth all the boundary lines together with their terminal points and angles.
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Personal Property
Any property that is not real property; property that is movable
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Potable Water
Water that is suitable for human consumption; water suitable for irrigation
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Range
A strip of land six miles wide determined by a government survey, running in a north-south direction.
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Real Property
Land, improvements, items permanently attached to the land, appurtenances and that which is immovable by law.
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Riparian Rights
The right of a landowner to flowing water on,under, or adjacent to his land.
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Rod
This old unit of measurement is 16 1/2 feet long (5.5 yards)
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Section
Section of land is established by government survey and contains 640 acres.
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Township
A division by government survey that is six miles long, six miles wide and containg 36 sections, each one mile square.
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Trade Fixtures
Articles of personal property annexed to real property, but which are necessary to the carrying on of a trade and are removable by the owner of the fixtures.
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Property
The rights or interests that a person has in the thing owned
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Initials RSS refer to:
Really Simple Syndication
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Security Agreement
A loan secured by personal property
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Five Tests to determine if an item is a fixture (MARIA)
- Method of attachment
- Adaptability
- Relationship of the parties
- Intention
- Agreement
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California has how many principal intersections of base lines and meridian lines?
3
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Commercial Acre
An acre less the amount of land dedicated for public improvements (sidewalks, alleys, etc.)
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