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| The real property right to the reasonable use of the airspace above the surface of the land. |
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| Anything affixed (attached) to or used with land for its benefit that is transferred with the land. |
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| Imaginary lines that run east-west and intersect meridians that run north-south to form the starting point for land measurement using the rectangular survey systems of land description. |
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| Written instrument that conveys title to personal property. |
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| The legal rights of ownership of real property, including the rights of possession, use, disposition, and exclusion of others from the property. |
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| Legal system based on laws and regulations, without the influence of judicial decisions as in the common law system. |
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| The body of law from England based on custom, usage, and court decisions. |
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| All property acquired by husband and wife during marriage except that qualifying as separate property. |
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| Guide meridians running every 24 miles east and west of a meridian, and standard parallels running every 24 miles north and south of a base line, used to correct inaccuracies in the rectangular survey system of land description caused by the earth's curvature. |
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| Doctrine that states that property owners may use a reasonable amount of water from an underground source, but not to the detriment of adjoining property owners. Information about California water rights can be found at the Web site of the Bureau of Land Management, www.blm.gov/nstc/Waterlaws/california.html. |
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| Crops produced annually by labor and industry as distinguished from crops that grow naturally on the land. |
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| Anything permanenty attached to land or improvements so as to become real property. |
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| Plant growth that is the result of cultivation. |
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| Plant growth that does not require cultivation, such as natural trees, grasses, and shrubbery. |
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| Guide meridians running every 24 miles east and west of a meridian, and standard parallels running every 24 miles north and south of a base line, used to correct inaccuracies in the rectangular survey system of land description caused by the earth's curvature. |
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| The earth's surface, including substances beneath the surface extending downward to the center of he earth and th airspace above the surface for an indefinite distance upward. |
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| A land description used to define a parcel of land to the exclusion of all others that is acceptable by a court of law. |
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| Rights to use of water from a lake or other body of still water by adjoining property owners. |
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| Subdivision system; method of legal description of land using parcel maps identified by tract, block, and lot numbers. |
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| Method of legal description of land using distances (called metes) measured from a point of beginning and using natural or artificial boundaries (called bounds) as well as single objects (called monuments or markers) as points of reference. |
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| Imaginary lines that run north to south and intersect base lines that run east to west to form the starting point for land measurement using the rectangular survey system of land description. |
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| Method of legal description of land using distances (called metes) measured from a point of beginning and using natural or artificial boundaries (called bounds) as well as single objects (called monuments and markers) as points of reference. |
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| Right of the owner of real estate to explore for and remove solid, liquid, and gaseous substances from the property; can be transferred independently of the right to occupy the property's surface. |
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| Method of legal description of land using distances (called metes) measured from a point of beginning and using natural or artificial boundaries (called bounds) as well as single objects (called monuments or markers) as points of reference. |
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| All property that is not real property. |
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| Subdivision map showing division of property into tracts, blocks, and lots. |
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| The place at which a legal description using metes and bounds starts. |
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| The place at which a legal description using metes and bounds starts. |
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| In the rectangular survey system of lannd description, townships running east and west of a meridian. |
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| Real property; land; includes the surface of the earth, the substances beneath the surface, the airspace above the surface, fixtures, and anything incidental or appurtenant to the land. |
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| Real property; land; includes the surface of the earth, the substances beneath the surface, the airspace above the surface, fixtures, and anything incidental or appurtenant to the land. |
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| rectangular survey system |
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| Section and township system; U.S. government survey system; method of legal description of land using areas called townships measured from meridians and base lines. |
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| Right of government to take, impound, or divert water flowing on the public domain from its natural course for some beneficial purpose. |
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| The right of a landownder whose property borders a lake, river or stream to the use and enjoyment of the water adjacent to or flowing over the property, provided the use does not injure other riparian landowners. |
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| A standard land area of one mile square containing 640 acres, used in the rectangular survey system of land description. |
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| See lot and block system. Subdivision system; method of legal description of land using parcel maps identified by tract, block, and lot numbers. |
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| section and township system |
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| See rectangular survey system. Section and township system; U.S. government survey system; method of legal description of land using areas called townships measured from meridians and base lines. |
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| Document showing division of land into two or more parcels, required before subdivision approval. |
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| A standard land area of six miles square, divided into 36 sections of one mile square each, used in the rectangular survey system of land description. |
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| In the rectangular survey system of land description, townships running north and south of a base line. |
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| Right to remove water from aquifers and other sources below the surface of the land. |
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| U.S. government survey system |
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| See rectangular survey system. Section and township system; U.S. government survey system; method of legal description of land using areas called townships measured from meridians and base lines. |
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| Right to use of water found at surface of land and underground. |
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