A. air rights
Rights to the air space above the property
B. appropriative water rights
Right to take riparian surface water for a beneficial use on
non-adjacent
property
C. appurtenances
All rights, privileges, and improvements that belong to and pass with
the
transfer of the property, but that are not necessarily a
part of the actual
property
D. benchmark
Survey reference mark made on a monument indicating a known location
and elevation
E. block
Contiguous group of lots generally bounded by man-made features, such
as
streets or natural features, such as creeks
F. bundle of rights
All legal rights attached to the ownership of property
G. emblements
Annual crops cultivated by tenant farmers and sharecroppers
H. fixture
Anything permanently attached to real property
I. fructus industriales
Annual crops produced by human labor, such as fruits, nuts,
vegetables,
and grains
J. fructus naturales
Naturally occurring plant growth, such as grasses, trees, and shrubs
as
part of the real property
K. groundwater
Water beneath the surface of the land filling the spaces and cavities
between the rocks and soil
L. lateral support
Landowners’ right to have their land in its natural condition held in
place
from the sides by adjoining land so that it will not fall away
M. legal description
Written description of a particular parcel of land identifying it as
precisely
as possible
N. lot
Single parcel of land within a subdivision
O. metes and bounds
Oldest method used to describe real property
P. personal property
Moveable items not permanently attached to land
Q. plat
Subdivision map showing the location and boundaries of lots, street
rights-of-way, project name, and easements
R. point of beginning
Point from which a metes and bounds survey begins
S. real property
Land, anything permanently attached to the land, anything appurtenant
to the land, or anything immovable by law
T. riparian rights
Right of an owner of property bordering a surface water source to use
the
water
U. subjacent support
Absolute right of the property owner to have his or her land
supported from
beneath its surface
V. subsurface rights
Rights to the natural resources, such as minerals, oil, and gas below
the
surface
W. survey
Professional measurement of a tract of land with its boundaries,
contents,
and location relative to other property
X. township
Grid of square, each six miles by six miles (36 square miles)
Y. usufructuary rights
Rights limited to reasonable and beneficial use