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VA Real Estate chapter 1
VA Property Law
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Real Estate & Planning
Not Applicable
03/11/2010

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Term
Real Property
Definition
Land and improvments
Area Preference ( situs)
Term
Personal Property
Definition
goods and intangible interests generally movable and not attached to land ( exception - trade fixtures and fractus industriales)
Term
fractus industriales
Definition
cultivated crops - personal property - emblements
Term
Rights in Personal Property
Definition
Intelectual Property
business reputation ( good will)
leases
partnership interests
legal rights
Term
Real property improvements
Definition
Valuable additions to land such as:
Buildings
infrastructure development
Fractus Naturales
Fixtures
Term
Fractus Naturales
Definition
Permenant plantings (landscape and natural)
Term
Rights in Real property
Definition
Ownership rights in the surface, airspace above, minimg rights below
easements - use of the land
use of appurtenants (adjoining) land
Legal rights
Term
Apertenant land
Definition
adjoining land
Term
Bundle of Legal Rights
Definition
Legal Rights in Real Property
which may be transfered to another:
possess
control
enjoy
exclude
encumber
dispose
Term
Water Rights in Real Property
Definition
Legal rights in Real property are:
Bundle of legal rights
Water Rights:
Riparian - use of moving water
Littoral - use of non moving water
Prior appropriation - first one using the water
Term
Uses of Real Property
Definition
Public
Private - residential , commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, specific purpose - church, hospital, cemetaries, colleges, public
Term
Physical characteristics of land
Definition
Includes the surface, the air above and the space below.
Immobility
uniqueness (heterogeneous)
indistructability
Term
Economic Characteristics of land that affect its value
Definition
Scarcity
situs ( location)
improvements (through construction)
investment permenence ( extended time to pay)
assemblage ( combining lots to increase value)
Term
Principal Legal Descriptions - when used?
Definition
essential for deeds and titles not for listing agreements
Term
Types of Legal Descriptions
Definition
Metes and Bounds starts and ends at a POB Point of beginning
suited for irregulary sheped land
Term
Metes
Definition
Measure in inches feet and yards from a compass setting
Term
Government Survey
Definition
Measured by imaginary N/S, E/W lines
Term
Principal meridians
Definition
N/S line established by US Government for each state
Term
Base Lines
Definition
Imaginary E/W line established by the US Government for each state.
Term
Lot, block adn subdivision
Definition
Measurements by plat maps includes Metes and Bounds or Government survey. Well suited for subdivision developments)
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